# Service bulletin 002503

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: 617170
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-03\-14
- Manufacturer's number: 002503
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-12\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

## NHTSA's summary

SOME MEDIUM DUTY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 7.3L POWERSTROKE DIESEL ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A NOISE ABOVE THE NORMAL SOUND OF THE DIESEL COMBUSTION. THIS NOISE MAY SOUND LIKE A ROD KNOCK, BUT IS INTERMITTENT AND INCREASES IN INTENSITY AS THE ENGINE WARMS UP TO OPERATING TEMPERATURE. \*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

## Vehicles listed

- FORD FORD
- LINCOLN LINCOLN
- MERCURY MERCURY

JSON: [/v1/bulletins/617170](/v1/bulletins/617170)

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