# Service bulletin 15216

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: 625758
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-12\-03
- Manufacturer's number: 15216
- Manufacturer's date: 2001\-09\-01
- NHTSA component: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER

## NHTSA's summary

CONCERNS WITH FUEL GAUGE NEEDLE DROPPING TOO QUICKLY AFTER FILL\-UP. \*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

Fuel system

## Vehicles listed

- 2001 FORD ESCAPE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2000244](/recalls/tc/2000244.md), 2000-10-25: Fuel System
- [00V277001](/recalls/nhtsa/00V277001.md), 2000-09-18: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [18217](/bulletins/10010731.md), 2004-12-07, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. MULTIPLE VEHICLES \- FUEL LEVEL INDICATION CONCERNS \- SERVICE TIP. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING 2005 SUPER DUTY F\-SERIES, EXCURSION, EXPEDITION, EXPLORER, MOUNTAINEER AND AVIATOR. \*TT
- [17380](/bulletins/10008192.md), 2004-07-23, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. A CHECK FUEL CAP INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE \(DTC\) P0457 OR A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH DTC P0455 OR P0457. \*TT
- [17316](/bulletins/10008166.md), 2004-07-23, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. FUEL SIGNAL TO INSTRUMENT CLUSTER SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [0398](/bulletins/10002780.md), 2003-09-17, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ILLUMINATION WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0442, P0455, P0456, P0457, P1442 OR CHECK FUEL CAP LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0457. \*TT
- [15352](/bulletins/630270.md), 2002-04-15, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 3.0L ENGINE BUILT BEFORE 7/21/2001 MAY EXHIBIT THE FUEL GAUGE NEEDLE DROPPING TOO QUICKLY AFTER FUEL TANK FILL\-UP. \*TT

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