# Service bulletin 012113

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: 627774
- Published by NHTSA: 2002\-02\-22
- Manufacturer's number: 012113
- Manufacturer's date: 2001\-10\-29
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH

## NHTSA's summary

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

## 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

## Trouble codes named

P0500, P1502

## Vehicles listed

- 1998 to 2002 FORD CROWN VICTORIA
- 1998 to 2002 FORD E SERIES
- 2000 to 2002 FORD EXCURSION
- 1998 to 2002 FORD EXPEDITION
- 1998 to 2001 FORD EXPLORER
- 2000 to 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT
- 2001 to 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC
- 1998 to 2002 FORD F\-150
- 1998 to 1999 FORD F\-250
- 1998 to 2002 FORD MUSTANG
- 1998 to 2002 FORD RANGER
- 1999 to 2002 FORD SUPER DUTY F SERIES
- 1998 to 2002 FORD TAURUS
- 1998 to 2002 FORD WINDSTAR
- 2002 LINCOLN BLACKWOOD
- 1998 to 2002 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
- 1998 to 2002 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR
- 1998 to 2002 LINCOLN TOWN CAR
- 1998 to 2002 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS
- 1998 to 2001 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER
- 1998 to 2002 MERCURY SABLE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [97V215000](/recalls/nhtsa/97V215000.md), 1997-11-24: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [17871](/bulletins/10008264.md), 2004-07-24, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. MULTIPLE DRIVEABILITY CONCERNS UNDER ACCELERATION CAUSED BY IGNITION COIL. \*TT
- [15872](/bulletins/637728.md), 2002-12-04, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. SUBJECT REGARDING DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0156 \- H02 / CATALYST MONITOR SENSOR \(CMS\) CIRCUIT FAILURE\) CONTAMINATION. \*TT
- [15828](/bulletins/637571.md), 2002-12-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE B1213, B1342, B1601, B2431. \*TT
- [15740](/bulletins/636376.md), 2002-11-07, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 3.8L ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT LEAN DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0171 / P0174. \*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
- [0296](/bulletins/636098.md), 2002-11-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. INFORMATION ON ACCESSING THE TONNEAU COVER ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE \(ECU\). \*TT
- [01245](/bulletins/630513.md), 2002-04-18, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. 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
- [15442](/bulletins/630464.md), 2002-04-17, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3.8L ENGINES MAY EXHIBIT A DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0460 INCONTINUOUS MEMORY. \*TT
- [15432](/bulletins/630454.md), 2002-04-17, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. SOME VEHICLES NOT EQUIPPED WITH SIDE AIR BAGS MAY EXHIBIT DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE B1998 \(PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG CIRCUIT RESISTANCE HIGH\) IN THE RESTRAINTS CONTROL MODULE. \*TT
- [15440](/bulletins/630366.md), 2002-04-16, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT INTERMITTENT UNCOMMANDED ACTIVATION OF THE PERIMETER ANTI\-THEFT SYSTEM. \*TT

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