# Service bulletin 12217

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: 615478
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-01\-17
- Manufacturer's number: 12217
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-12\-01
- NHTSA component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

## NHTSA's summary

THIS BULLETIN MENTIONS THAT FOR ALL VEHICLES WITH ANTILOCK BRAKE MODULE CONCERNS THAT REQUIRE A MODULE REPLACEMENT, THE TECHNICAN MUST CALL FOR APPROVAL BEFORE REMOVING AND / OR REPLACING THE MODULE. \*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

Brakes, Anti\-lock brakes

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 to 1998 LINCOLN MARK VIII

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [985A6](/bulletins/601004.md), 2000-12-14, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. SOME VEHICLES MAY CYCLE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON ROUGH ROADS OR ON AN INCLINE WHILE MAKING A SHARP TURN. \*YC
- [6035](/bulletins/606949.md), 2000-11-07, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH TEVES FOUR WHEEL ANTI\-LOCK BRAKES \(4WABS\) MAY EXHIBIT A YELLOW ANTI\-LOCK BRAKE LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH NO DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES IN MEMORY. \*TT
- [6601](/bulletins/610703.md), 2000-05-11, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A YELLOW FOUR WHEEL ANTI\-LOCK \(4WABS\) LAMP ILLUMINATED AND A HARD FAULT DTC C1155 \(LEFT FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR CIRCUIT\) AFTER THE 4WABS INTEGRATED CONTROL UNIT \(ICU\) HAS BEEN REPLACED. \*TT
- [BC9698961001](/bulletins/50556.md), 1997-05-27, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. ABS \& TC \(TRACTION CONTROL\) INVALID DIAGNOSTIC CODES. \*TT
- [95212](/bulletins/46478.md), 1996-04-25, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. THE USE OF PETROLEUM\-BASED GREASE AS A LUBRICANT IN SERVICING DISC BRAKES IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE IT MAY BE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE RUBBER MATERIAL USED IN THE DISC BRAKE SYSTEM. IF PETROLEUM\-BASED GREASE IS USED TO LUBRICATE ANY PART OF THE DISC BRAKE SYSTEM, IT COULD CAUSE RUBBER PARTS TO SWELL IF LUBRICANT CONTACTS THE RUBBER MATERIAL.

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