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Service bulletin 15582

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 id630134
Published by NHTSA2002-04-15
Manufacturer's number15582
Manufacturer's date2002-01-01
NHTSA componentAIR BAGS

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN AIRBAG LAMP ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE B2295 (SIDE AIR BAG STATUS - PASSENGER SEAT SIDE AIR BAG CIRCUIT FAULT) OR B2296 (IMPACT SENSOR STATUS - FRONT IMPACT SEVERITY SENSOR CIRCUIT FAULT) IN MEMORY. *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

Air bags

Trouble codes named

B2295, B2296

Vehicles listed
LINCOLN TOWN CAR2001

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
00V4120002000-12-06. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE
00V2700002000-09-13. AIR BAGS

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
021752004-08-05. Service bulletin. RESTRAINT SYSTEM-AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY WITH ADVANCED RESTRAINT SYSTEM. *MJ
021342002-11-04. Service bulletin. ILLUMINATED AIR BAG WARNING LAMP WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE B2295 WITH LIGHT FLASHING CODE 22 (DRIVER SEAT SIDE AIR BAG CIRCUIT FAULT), OR LIGHT FLASHING CODE 23 (PASSENGER SEAT SIDE AIR BAG CIRCUIT FAULT). *TT
156292002-04-19. Service bulletin. EXHBITING AN ILLUMINATED AIR BAG WARNING LAMP WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE B2295 OR LIGHT FLASHING CODE 22. *TT
00S262001-04-17. Service bulletin. ON SOME VEHICLES, IT MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR THE RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE (RCM) TO INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATE AN AIRBAG OR SAFETY BELT PRE-TENSIONER WHILE STARTING THE ENGINE. FORD MOTOR COMPANY WILL INSTALL A REVISED RCM. *JB