# Service bulletin 14897

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: 620179
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-07\-19
- Manufacturer's number: 14897
- Manufacturer's date: 2001\-05\-01
- NHTSA component: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN A/C TEMPERATURE CONTROL KNOB THAT IS HARD TO TURN / ADJUST. \*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

Glass, wipers and mirrors, Heating and air conditioning

## Vehicles listed

- 2001 FORD ESCAPE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2001004](/recalls/tc/2001004.md), 2001-01-15: Visual System
- [00V387002](/recalls/nhtsa/00V387002.md), 2000-11-27: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [04189](/bulletins/10014062.md), 2005-04-28, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:REAR WINDOW. REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER GRID/INTEGRAL ANTENNA DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR \- TERMINAL TAB REPAIR. \*TT
- [02208](/bulletins/10013060.md), 2005-04-07, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. CLIMATE CONTROL A/C SERVICE TECH TIPS. \*EH
- [041514](/bulletins/10011159.md), 2005-01-05, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT. REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER GRID/INTEGRAL ANTENNA DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR \- TERMINAL TAB REPAIR. \*TT
- [031501](/bulletins/10009321.md), 2004-09-23, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT. INOPERATIVE ELECTRIC REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER \(HEATED BACKLITE\) GRID LINES, INTEGRAL ANTENNA CONCERNS. \*TT
- [16209](/bulletins/10008599.md), 2004-08-09, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. CIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM ODOR. \*MJ
- [16447](/bulletins/10008144.md), 2004-07-23, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT. MUSTY ODOR FROM CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM. \*TT
- [15456](/bulletins/630564.md), 2002-04-18, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. EXHIBITING A CONDITION OF THE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM DEFAULTING TO DEFROST/WINDSHIELD ON ACCELERATION. \*TT
- [15192](/bulletins/625020.md), 2001-11-16, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN WITH THE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM DEFAULTING TO DEFROST WINDSHIELD ON ACCEL. \*ET
- [01156](/bulletins/623944.md), 2001-10-31, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT HEATER CORE LEAKS. \*SLC
- [14748](/bulletins/619459.md), 2001-05-31, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. SUBJECT REGARDING POWER WINDOW SWITCH ILLUMINATION \- FEATURE CLARIFICATION. \*TT

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