# Service bulletin 01109

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: 620165
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-07\-19
- Manufacturer's number: 01109
- Manufacturer's date: 2001\-05\-28
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

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

## 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

## Trouble codes named

C1838

## Vehicles listed

- 1998 to 2001 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
- [16437](/bulletins/10008359.md), 2004-07-28, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE. DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE \(DTC\) C1233 \& C1234 \- REPLACE ANTI\-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM EUC. \*MJ
- [04111](/bulletins/10008252.md), 2004-07-24, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. STREAMLINED DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE FOR VEHICLES WITH MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ON AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTCS\) P0401, P0402, P1400 OR P1401. ADDITIONAL SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE RUNS ROUGH, LACKS POWER, SURGE, POOR FUEL ECONOMY. \*TT
- [17718](/bulletins/10008223.md), 2004-07-24, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE \(DTC\) P0171, P0172, P0174 OR P0175. \*TT
- [0369](/bulletins/10007366.md), 2004-06-16, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SAFETY BELT PRETENSIONER DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTC\) B1877 AND/OR B1881. \*TT
- [03223](/bulletins/10007360.md), 2004-06-16, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. STREAMLINED DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE FOR VEHICLES WITH MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTCS\) P0401, P0402, P1400 OR P1401. ADDITIONAL SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE RUNS ROUGH, LACKS POWER, SURGE, POOR FUEL ECONOMY. \*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
- [16889](/bulletins/10002605.md), 2003-09-08, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. AN RCM DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE B1881, B1882, OR B1883. \*TT
- [16099](/bulletins/636116.md), 2002-11-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 2.3L ENGINE AND NO AIR CONDITIONING, MAY SET DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P1460 \(WIDE OPEN THROTTLE AIR CONDITIONER OUTPUT PRIMARY CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION\) AND P1474 \(LOW FAN CONTROL \(LFC\) PRIMARY CIRCUIT FAILURE. \*TT

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