# Service bulletin 12257

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: 615512
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-01\-17
- Manufacturer's number: 12257
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-12\-01
- NHTSA component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY INTERMITTENTLY EXHIBIT A MOMENTARY HIGH IDLE IN PARK OR NEUTRAL. THERE MAY BE AN INSUFFICIENT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HARNESS WIRES AND TERMINALS IN THE THROTTLE POSITION CONNECTOR. \*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

- 1998 to 1999 FORD TAURUS SHO

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [98V204000](/recalls/nhtsa/98V204000.md), 1998-09-01: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [12251](/bulletins/615508.md), 2001-01-17, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES MAY INTERMITTENTLY EXHIBIT A MOMENTARY HIGH IDLE IN PARK OR NEUTRAL. THIS CONCERN MAY BE AN INSUFFICIENT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HARNESS WIRES AND TERMINALS IN THE THROTTLE POSITION CONNECTOR. \*TT
- [5367](/bulletins/615443.md), 2001-01-16, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT INOPERABLE SPEED CONTROL. \*TT
- [5339](/bulletins/615423.md), 2001-01-16, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. CONCERNS WITH A MOMENTARY HIGH IDLE IN PARK OR NEUTRAL. \*TT
- [5203](/bulletins/615335.md), 2001-01-13, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HARD START / LONG CRANK, COLD START STALL, COLD ROUGH IDLE CONCERN. \*TT
- [98\-4737](/bulletins/607151.md), 2000-11-03, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. ENGINE SPARK KNOCK ON ACCELERATION. \*AK
- [985084](/bulletins/613212.md), 2000-06-19, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. A CONDITION MAY EXIST WHERE REDUCED DECELERATION FEEL AND LESS ENGINE RPM REDUCTION AT CLOSED THROTTLE WITH THE VEHCLE MOVING; SPEED CONTROL NOT RESPONDING QUICKLY WHEN SWITCHED TO OFF OR DECEL MAY ALSO BE NOTED. \*TT
- [12163](/bulletins/613178.md), 2000-06-19, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SLIGHT VIBRATION DURING ACCELERATION ONLY. \*MJS
- [12066](/bulletins/613035.md), 2000-06-16, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES WERE CALIBRATED WITH INCREASED AIR FLOW AT CLOSED THROTTLE TO PREVENT TIP\-IN BUMPS, A RESULT MAY BE REDUCED DECELERATION FEEL AND LESS ENGINE RPM REDUCTION AT CLOSED THROTTLE WITH THE VEHICLE MOVING. \*MJS
- [0035](/bulletins/612323.md), 2000-06-07, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE HIGH IDLE. \*MJS
- [6646](/bulletins/610719.md), 2000-05-11, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES WITH 3.0L 4\-VALVE ENGINES BUILT BETWEEN 12/17/97 AND 6/30/99 MAY EXHIBIT A HARD START / LONG CRANK OR A ROUGH IDLE AFTER A COLD START. \*TT

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