# Service bulletin 12295

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: 615541
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-01\-18
- Manufacturer's number: 12295
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-12\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT ON, STALL AT TIP\-IN FROM IDLE, ENGINE HESITATION, AND / OR SURGE CAUSED BY THE MASS AIR FLOW \(MAF\) SENSOR. \*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

Engine, Exhaust and emissions

## 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

- [CSP\-08B01](/bulletins/10026389.md), 2008-10-24, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR. FORD: CERTAIN 1999\-2001 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES UP TO 6000 LB GVWR REGISTERED IN NEW YORK AND CERTAIN 2001 VEHICLES UP TO 6000 LB GVWR REGISTERED IN THE STATE OF MAINE, CERTIFIED FOR SALE IN CALIFORNIA\-FEDERAL EMISSION WARRANTY REFUND. \*PE
- [19016](/bulletins/10019076.md), 2006-02-11, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS. REPLACE TIMING BELT IDLER PULLEY DURING 2.0L ZETEC ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD REPLACEMENT \- SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [031515](/bulletins/10003194.md), 2003-10-10, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. IDLE VIBRATION ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.0L SPI OR ZETEC ENGINE ONLY. \*TT
- [031514](/bulletins/10003193.md), 2003-10-10, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) MAY BE ILLUMINATED AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTCS\) P1380, P1381, P1383, AND/OR P0340 MAY BE STORED IN MEMORY. \*TT
- [01246](/bulletins/630515.md), 2002-04-18, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. ENGINE OIL SYSTEM PRIMING PROCEDURES, SERVICE TIPS FOR REPORTS OF PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE. \*TT
- [0214](/bulletins/630001.md), 2002-04-11, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME ENGINE ASSEMBLIES WITH ALUMINUM CYLINDER HEADS REPAIRED IN\-VEHILE HAVE BEEN FOUND TO LEAK COOLANT AND/OR OIL FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET AREA. \*TT
- [01205](/bulletins/627927.md), 2002-02-26, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT VACUUM OR AIR LEAKS IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND / OR ENGINE SYSTEM CAUSING DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0171 AND OR P0174. \*TT
- [15256](/bulletins/625802.md), 2001-12-03, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLES MAY EXHIBIT A CLUNK NOISE ON INITIAL REVERSE ENGAGEMENT COLD. \*TT
- [14846](/bulletins/619329.md), 2001-05-23, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES WITH 2.0L SPI ENGINE ONLY, MAY EXHIBITA BURNING OIL SMELL NOTED FROM OUTSIDE OR FROM WITHIN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. \*TT
- [00188](/bulletins/618599.md), 2001-04-17, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. CONCERNS WITH PREMATURE FAILURE OCCURING ON THE 1.9L MOTORCRAFT REMANUFACTURED LONGBLOCK ASSEMBLY AND SHORTBLOCK ASSEMBLY DUE TO INGESTION OF FOREIGN OBJECTS REMAINING IN THE TRANSFERRED INTAKE SYSTEM FROM THE ORIGINAL FAILED ENGINE. \*JB

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