# Service bulletin 00S26

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: 618581
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-04\-17
- Manufacturer's number: 00S26
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-09\-01
- NHTSA component: AIR BAGS

## NHTSA's summary

ON SOME VEHICLES, IT MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR THE RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE \(RCM\) TO INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATE AN AIRBAG OR SAFETY BELT PRE\-TENSIONER WHILE STARTING THE ENGINE. FORD MOTOR COMPANY WILL INSTALL A REVISED RCM. \*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

Air bags

## Vehicles listed

- 2001 FORD CROWN VICTORIA
- 2001 FORD WINDSTAR
- 2001 LINCOLN TOWN CAR
- 2001 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [00V412000](/recalls/nhtsa/00V412000.md), 2000-12-06: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE\-INACTIVE
- [00V270000](/recalls/nhtsa/00V270000.md), 2000-09-13: AIR BAGS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [02175](/bulletins/10008579.md), 2004-08-05, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. RESTRAINT SYSTEM\-AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY WITH ADVANCED RESTRAINT SYSTEM. \*MJ
- [030504](/bulletins/10001960.md), 2003-07-29, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. AIR BAG WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTC\) CODE B2290. \*TT \*JB
- [15796](/bulletins/637513.md), 2002-12-02, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. AN AIR BAG LAMP ILLUMINATED AND / OR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES B2296 OR B2295. \*TT
- [02134](/bulletins/635990.md), 2002-11-04, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. ILLUMINATED AIR BAG WARNING LAMP WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE B2295 WITH LIGHT FLASHING CODE 22 \(DRIVER SEAT SIDE AIR BAG CIRCUIT FAULT\), OR LIGHT FLASHING CODE 23 \(PASSENGER SEAT SIDE AIR BAG CIRCUIT FAULT\). \*TT
- [15629](/bulletins/630677.md), 2002-04-19, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. EXHBITING AN ILLUMINATED AIR BAG WARNING LAMP WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE B2295 OR LIGHT FLASHING CODE 22. \*TT
- [15582](/bulletins/630134.md), 2002-04-15, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN AIRBAG LAMP ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE B2295 \(SIDE AIR BAG STATUS \- PASSENGER SEAT SIDE AIR BAG CIRCUIT FAULT\) OR B2296 \(IMPACT SENSOR STATUS \- FRONT IMPACT SEVERITY SENSOR CIRCUIT FAULT\) IN MEMORY. \*TT

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