# Service bulletin 14877

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: 620202
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-07\-20
- Manufacturer's number: 14877
- Manufacturer's date: 2001\-05\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\)

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY ILLUMINATE THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP OR RUN ROUGH AFTER THE CATALYST IS REMOVED AND / OR REPLACED. THIS MAY BE DUE TO VACUUM LEAKS AS A RESULT OF TOLERANCE STACKUP WITHIN THE EXHAUST / EGR / INTAKE SYSTEM. \*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

Engine, Exhaust and emissions, EGR valve

## Vehicles listed

- 1997 to 2000 FORD CONTOUR
- 1997 to 2000 MERCURY MYSTIQUE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [15390](/bulletins/630408.md), 2002-04-17, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\). SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND/OR EGR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES 332, P0401, P1407 \(LACKOF EGR FLOW\). \*TT
- [BC0302970201](/bulletins/51598.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\). EGR ISSUES \- IF NORMAL PC/ED DIAGNOSIS FAILS, FAILURE MAY BE DUE TO CARBON DEPOSITS. \*TW
- [BC0302972301](/bulletins/51409.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\). DTC'S 332 OR P1401 \- LACK OF EGR FLOW. \*JD

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