# Service bulletin 00256

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: 616823
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-03\-13
- Manufacturer's number: 00256
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-12\-11
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A V6 ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A FLICKERING CONDITION OF THE HEADLAMP, INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, RADIO, AND INTERIOR LIGHTS DURING ENGINE START\-UP AND MAY CONTINUE DURING THE FIRST SEVERAL MINUTES OF ENGINE IDLE. \*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

Electrical system

## Vehicles listed

- 1999 to 2000 MERCURY COUGAR

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [01V230000](/recalls/nhtsa/01V230000.md), 2001-07-09: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- [2001042](/recalls/tc/2001042.md), 2001-02-21: Electrical
- [01V031000](/recalls/nhtsa/01V031000.md), 2001-02-06: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [04174](/bulletins/10013116.md), 2005-04-08, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ILLUMINATED \- SYSTEM LEAN DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTC'S\) \- SERVICE TIPS. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING 2004 F\-SERIES. \*TT
- [041516](/bulletins/10011161.md), 2005-01-06, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ILLUMINATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE\(S\) P0420 AND/OR P0430. \*TT
- [04104](/bulletins/10008993.md), 2004-09-07, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0420 AND/OR P0430/ 2.5L ENGINE ONLY. \*TT
- [03203](/bulletins/10004886.md), 2004-01-14, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTCS\) P0442, P0455, P0456, P0457 OR P1442 OR A CHECK FUEL CAP LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH DTC P0457 FOR THE EVAPORATIVE EMISSION SYSTEM. \*TT
- [03181](/bulletins/10004027.md), 2003-11-14, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY \(RKE\) \- SERVICE TIPS. \*TT
- [15830](/bulletins/637575.md), 2002-12-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. BATTERY LAMP ON, HOWEVER THE CHARGING SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. \*TT
- [15828](/bulletins/637571.md), 2002-12-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE B1213, B1342, B1601, B2431. \*TT
- [0245](/bulletins/636065.md), 2002-11-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. INFORMATION REGARDING DISCHARGED BATTERY CHARGING SERVICE TIPS AND GUIDELINES. \*TT
- [15020](/bulletins/622837.md), 2001-10-23, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.5L ENGINES MAY EXHIBIT MULTIPLE MISFIRE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES WITH NO DRIVEABILITY CONCERN NOTED. \*TT
- [0162](/bulletins/619266.md), 2001-05-22, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT SYSTEM \(PATS\) MAY NOT START OR CRANK. \*TT

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