# Service bulletin 00225

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: 618562
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-04\-16
- Manufacturer's number: 00225
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-10\-30
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

SOME ELECTRIC VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A LOW SPEED SHUDDER ON LIGHT ACCELERATION. \*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

Electrical system

## Vehicles listed

- 1998 to 2000 FORD RANGER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2007258](/recalls/tc/2007258.md), 2007-08-07: Electrical
- [98V079000](/recalls/nhtsa/98V079000.md), 1998-04-21: 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
- [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
- [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
- [0265](/bulletins/636033.md), 2002-11-04, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. ELECTRIC VEHICLE \(EV\) COLD WEATHER BATTERY PERFORMANCE. \*TT
- [012113](/bulletins/627774.md), 2002-02-22, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH. SOME IGNITION SWITCH LOCK CYLINDER ASSEMBLIES MAY EXHIBIT ROUGNESS AND / OR EXCESS EFFORT IN TURNING, KEY DOES NOT FULLY RETURN FROM START, A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP MAY ILLUMINATE WITH P0500, P1502 AND U1039 STORED IN POWERTRIAN CONTROL MODULE \(PCM\). \*TT
- [01193](/bulletins/627683.md), 2002-02-13, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. ON SOME ELECTRIC AND ELECTRIC POSTAL VEHICLES, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE B2785 TRACTION INVERTER MODULE \(TIM\) MAY BE SET AND THE VEHICLE WILL ENTER A POWER LIMITED MODE OF OPERATION. \*TT
- [01109](/bulletins/620165.md), 2001-07-19, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SOME ELECTRIC VEHICLE \(EV\) RANGERS MAY EXHIBIT A NO\-CHARGE CONDITION. THERE ARE SEVERAL POSSIBLE CAUSES WHY THE BATTERY CONTROL MODULE \(BCM\) MIGHT NOT ALLOW CHARGING \(AS INDICATED BY THE OP\_STATES\). A CHARGING SYSTEM FAULT \(C1838\) DOES NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE A CHARGER FAILURE. THIS PROCEDURE WILL HELP TO PINPOINT A NO\-CHARGE CONDITION USING PREVIOUSLY STORED DATA IN THE BCM. \*TT
- [0152](/bulletins/619431.md), 2001-05-30, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A ROUGH IDLE, ANTI\-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM \(ABS\) WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATION, INOPERATIVE OR ERRATIC SPEEDOMETER, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTCS\) P0500, P0501, P0503, P1721, P0176, P1000, ABS DTC 9, RABS DTC 16, OR A DELAYED OR HARSH SHIFTING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. \*TT
- [01B76](/bulletins/619283.md), 2001-05-22, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. SUBJECT REGARDING BATTERY CONTROL MODULE \(BCM\) SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR CERTAIN ELECTRIC VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A LEAD ACID TRACTION BATTERY. \*TT

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