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Service bulletin 14890

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id620210
Published by NHTSA2001-07-20
Manufacturer's number14890
Manufacturer's date2001-05-01
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT EXCESSIVE EFFORTS WHEN TRYING TO INSERT OR REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION LOCK. *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, Ignition

Vehicles listed
FORD EXPLORER2002
MERCURY MOUNTAINEER2002

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
161592002-11-06. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES BUILT AFTER MARCH 2002 MAY NOT ALLOW PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM (PATS) SECURITY ACCESS WHEN PROGRAMMING SPARE KEYS OR REPLACING DEFECTIVE KEYS. *TT
012452002-04-18. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 4.0L ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION OF UNABLE TO ACCESS WITH THE SECURILOCK PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM (PATS). *TT
0121132002-02-22. Service bulletin. 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
151932001-11-16. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT INTERMITTENT DIFFICULTY TURNING THE IGNITION KEY UPON STARTING. *JG
151072001-09-07. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY REQUIRE EXCESSIVE EFFORT WHEN TRYING TO INSERT THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER. *TT
149062001-07-20. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON PERFORMING ANY PASSTIVE ANTI-THEFT (PATS) SYSTEM FUNCTIONS INCLUDING KEY REPLACEMENTS WITH WDS OR NGS. *TT
01622001-05-22. Service bulletin. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM (PATS) MAY NOT START OR CRANK. *TT