# Service bulletin 14583

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: 617968
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-04\-02
- Manufacturer's number: 14583
- Manufacturer's date: 2001\-01\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY

## NHTSA's summary

CONCERNS WITH BROKEN THERMOSTATS ON ENGINES. \*JB

## 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, Cooling system, Radiator

## Vehicles listed

- 1997 to 2001 FORD EXPLORER
- 1997 to 2001 FORD RANGER
- 1997 to 2001 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [00V094000](/recalls/nhtsa/00V094000.md), 2000-03-28: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [17604](/bulletins/10007396.md), 2004-06-18, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN. COOLING SYSTEM FAN NOISE WHEN COLD. \*TT
- [17198](/bulletins/10004069.md), 2003-11-18, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS. WEAR\-THROUGH CONDITION ON THE ABRASION SLEEVE OF THE UPPER RADIATOR HOSE NEAR THE AIR CONDITIONING ACCUMULATOR OR TRANSMISSION FLUID DIPSTICK. \*TT
- [16604](/bulletins/10002489.md), 2003-09-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. ENGINE OVERHEATING DUE TO THERMOSTAT FAILURE. \*TT
- [15880](/bulletins/637744.md), 2002-12-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A DISENGAGED FAN CLUTCH BEARING SQUEAL NOISE IN COLD WEATHER. \*TT
- [15268](/bulletins/625835.md), 2001-12-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES WITH THE 2.3L ENGINE MAY APPEAR TO HAVE AN OVERHEAT CONDITION ACCOMPANIED WITH A GLYCOL SMELL AND / OR BOIL OVER. \*TT
- [14407](/bulletins/620438.md), 2001-08-07, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES BUILT ON OR AFTER 7/24/2000 MAY EXHIBIT A LACK OF HEAT AND / OR A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ON WITH D%TC P0125, DUE TO THE THERMOSTAT STICKING OPEN. \*TT
- [01B69S1](/bulletins/619279.md), 2001-05-22, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. OWNER NOTIFICATION PROGRAM \(SUPPLEMENT \#1\) REGARDING ELECTRIC COOLANT PUMP REPLACEMENT. REVISED TO REFLECT ELECTRIC COOLANT PUMP REPLACEMENT FOR ALL AFFECTED 1998 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES, WITHOUT THE NEED OF PERFORMING A WIGGLE TEST. \*TT
- [01B69](/bulletins/619278.md), 2001-05-22, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. OWNER NOTIFICATION PROGRAM NOTIFYING OWNERS THAT THEIR VEHICLE MAY HAVE AN ELECTRIC COOLANT PUMP THAT COULD MALFUNCTION UNDER CERTAIN DUTY CYCLES. THIS PRORAM INVOLVES POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT OF THE ELECTRIC COOLANT PUMP. \*TT
- [14617](/bulletins/617995.md), 2001-04-03, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. SUBJECT PERTAINING TO BROKEN THERMOSTAT. \*JB
- [12924](/bulletins/614751.md), 2000-12-13, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES MAY REQUIRE RADIATOR HOSE CLAMP REPLACEMENT DURING NORMAL VEHICLE SERVICE. \*TT

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