# Service bulletin 5203

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 615335
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-01\-13
- Manufacturer's number: 5203
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-12\-01
- NHTSA component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HARD START / LONG CRANK, COLD START STALL, COLD ROUGH IDLE CONCERN. \*TT

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Throttle and cruise control

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 to 1999 FORD CONTOUR
- 1996 to 1999 FORD CROWN VICTORIA
- 1996 to 1997 FORD E SERIES
- 1996 to 1999 FORD ESCORT
- 1996 FORD EXPEDITION
- 1997 FORD EXPEDITION
- 1996 to 1997 FORD EXPLORER
- 1996 to 1999 FORD F SERIES
- 1996 to 1999 FORD MUSTANG
- 1996 to 1997 FORD RANGER
- 1996 to 1999 FORD TAURUS
- 1996 to 1999 FORD WINDSTAR
- 1996 to 1998 LINCOLN MARK VIII
- 1999 LINCOLN MARK VIII
- 1996 to 1997 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR
- 1996 to 1999 LINCOLN TOWN CAR
- 1996 to 1999 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS
- 1996 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER
- 1997 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER
- 1996 to 1999 MERCURY MYSTIQUE
- 1996 to 1999 MERCURY SABLE
- 1996 to 1999 MERCURY TRACER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [09V399000](/recalls/nhtsa/09V399000.md), 2009-10-13: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- [08V051000](/recalls/nhtsa/08V051000.md), 2008-02-04: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
- [07V336000](/recalls/nhtsa/07V336000.md), 2007-08-03: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- [05V388000](/recalls/nhtsa/05V388000.md), 2005-09-07: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- [00V422000](/recalls/nhtsa/00V422000.md), 2000-12-27: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- [99V194000](/recalls/nhtsa/99V194000.md), 1999-07-20: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- [99V062001](/recalls/nhtsa/99V062001.md), 1999-03-30: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- [98V204000](/recalls/nhtsa/98V204000.md), 1998-09-01: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- [97V225000](/recalls/nhtsa/97V225000.md), 1997-12-08: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
- [97V074000](/recalls/nhtsa/97V074000.md), 1997-04-30: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [02193](/bulletins/10008588.md), 2004-08-09, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. DRIVEABILITY\-IDLE\-HIGH IDLE SPEEDS\-THROTTLE STICKS AFTER STEADY STATE DRIVING IN EXTREME COLD AMBIENT TEMPERATURES\-VEHICLES BUILT THROUGH 12/31/01 EQUIPPED WITH 4.6L ENGINE. \*MJ
- [03183](/bulletins/10004029.md), 2003-11-15, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. DEDICATED COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS \(CNG\) ROUGH IDLE OR NO START WHEN COLD VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH DEDICATED 4.6L OR 5.4L CNG ENGINE ONLY. \*TT
- [15702](/bulletins/636339.md), 2002-11-07, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. SUBJECT REGARDING SPEED CONTROL LAMP. \*TT
- [01215](/bulletins/627762.md), 2002-02-22, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. A CONDITION MAY EXIST, WHERE THROTTLE STICKING MAY OCCUR ON A FEW VEHICLES IN VERY COLD AMBIENT TEMPERATURES AFTER OPERATING AT STEADY SPEED OR EXTENDED IDLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. \*TT
- [01214](/bulletins/627760.md), 2002-02-22, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. INFORMATION TO AID IN DIAGNOSIS FOR CLARIFICATION OF LOCK\-OFF SOLENOID AND SOLENOID TANK VALVE COIL RSISTANCES FOR BI\-FUEL VEHICLES. \*TT
- [15045](/bulletins/621043.md), 2001-09-06, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 2.0L SPI ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT HIGHER THAN NORMAL IDLE SPEED, RUNS ROUGH AT IDLE AND / OR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P1506. \*TT
- [14265](/bulletins/620407.md), 2001-08-07, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT HESITATION ON ACCELERATION OR WHILE TURNING. \*TT
- [00261](/bulletins/616826.md), 2001-03-13, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 4.6L, 5.4L, OR 6.8L ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A ROUGH IDLE / MISS AFTER START\-UP IN COLD AMBIENT TEMPERATURES. \*TT
- [00243](/bulletins/616531.md), 2001-03-02, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL. ON SOME VEHICLES, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BRACKET MAY BECOME LOOSE OR SEPARATED FROM THE DASH PANEL. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY REPEATED EXCESSIVE FORCE ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, RESULTING IN CRACKING OF THE DASH PANEL SHEET METAL AT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BRACKET. \*TT
- [13296](/bulletins/6092659.md), 2001-01-22, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 2.0L SPI ENGINE, WITH MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, MAY EXHIBIT AN RPM FLUCTUATION \(IDLE ROLLL\) OR POSSIBLE STALL AT IDLE. \*TT

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