# Service bulletin 00218

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: 618552
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-04\-16
- Manufacturer's number: 00218
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-10\-16
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

## NHTSA's summary

INFORMATION ON SPARK KNOCK ON ACCELERATION ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3.8L ENGINE. \*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

## Vehicles listed

- 1999 to 2000 FORD WINDSTAR

## 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
- [04192](/bulletins/10010714.md), 2004-12-07, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SPARK KNOCK ON ACCELERATION \- VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3.8L ENGINE ONLY. \*TT
- [02221](/bulletins/10008304.md), 2004-07-27, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE\-GEAR DRIVEN SYNCHRONIZERS\-INCORRECT INSTALLATION\-CAMSHAFT POSITION SYNCHRONIZER \(CMP\) INSTALLATION TOOL CORRECT APPLICATION. \*MJ
- [17056](/bulletins/10003166.md), 2003-10-10, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ON / NO START / ERRATIC SHIFTING. \*TT
- [03161](/bulletins/10003115.md), 2003-10-08, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND LEAN DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTC'S\) P0171/P0174 \(SYSTEM TOO LEAN BANK 1 OR 2\) STORED IN MEMORY. \*TT
- [0338](/bulletins/10002484.md), 2003-09-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND LEAN DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTC'S\) P0171/P0174 \(SYSTEM TOO LEAN BANK 1 OR 2\) STORED IN MEMORY. \*TT
- [870197](/bulletins/10000592.md), 2003-03-25, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. INCORRECTLY INSTALLED GEAR DRIVEN CAMSHAFT POSITION \(CMP\) SENSOR SYNCHRONIZER ASSEMBLIES CAUSING SURGE, LOST OF POWER, MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P1336, P1309 AND P0340. \*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

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