# Service bulletin 5381

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: 615454
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-01\-16
- Manufacturer's number: 5381
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-12\-01
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT

## NHTSA's summary

BRIEF INFORMATION STATING THAT THE NGS FUEL ECONOMY TEST ON SOME VEHICLES MAY NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. \*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

Equipment and accessories

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 to 1999 FORD ESCORT
- 1996 to 1998 FORD ZX2 \(ESCORT\)
- 1999 FORD ZX2 \(ESCORT\)
- 1996 to 1999 MERCURY TRACER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [02208](/bulletins/10013060.md), 2005-04-07, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. CLIMATE CONTROL A/C SERVICE TECH TIPS. \*EH
- [NHTSA 624517](/bulletins/624517.md), 2001-11-07, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. 07\-NOV\-2001
- [14379](/bulletins/618643.md), 2001-04-18, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE INOPERATIVE OR INCORRECT A/C OPERATION AFTER REPLACING THE CCRM. \*JB
- [00E11](/bulletins/616814.md), 2001-03-13, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT. SERVICE ACTION BULLETIN REGARDING ON\-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM UPGRADE. \*TT
- [12294](/bulletins/615540.md), 2001-01-18, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT. SUBJECT REGARDING THE NGS FUEL ECONOMY TEST. \*TT
- [13355](/bulletins/6092160.md), 2000-11-27, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. INFORMATION REGARDING A/C PEANUT O\-RING COLOR. \*TT
- [13159](/bulletins/6091973.md), 2000-11-17, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 2.0L ZETEC ENGINE AND MTX TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN OF A SURGE, BUCK OR AUDIBLE CLICK WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR CYCLES DURING STEADY STATE DRIVING CONDITIONS. \*TT
- [985A12](/bulletins/601010.md), 2000-06-29, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:WRECKER AND WHEEL LIFT DEVICES. RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR TOWING BEHIND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. \*TT
- [0051](/bulletins/612944.md), 2000-06-14, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT ENGINE HESITATION OR SURGE WHEN THE A/C COMPRESSOR CYCLES MAY OCCUR. \*MJS
- [8316](/bulletins/612739.md), 2000-06-12, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH COMPACT DISC CHANGER MAY EXHIBIT A 6 DISC CD CHANGER THAT IS NOT EJECTING THE MAGAZINE OR IS NOT RESPONDING TO COMMAND FROM THE RADIO.

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