# Service bulletin 15390

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: 630408
- Published by NHTSA: 2002\-04\-17
- Manufacturer's number: 15390
- Manufacturer's date: 2001\-11\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\)

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND/OR EGR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES 332, P0401, P1407 \(LACKOF EGR FLOW\). \*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

## Trouble codes named

P0401, P1407

## Vehicles listed

- 1995 to 2000 FORD CONTOUR
- 1996 to 1999 FORD TAURUS
- 1999 to 2000 MERCURY COUGAR
- 1995 to 2000 MERCURY MYSTIQUE
- 1996 to 1999 MERCURY SABLE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [14877](/bulletins/620202.md), 2001-07-20, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\). 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
- [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
- [95195](/bulletins/46464.md), 1996-04-25, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\). THE LH SIDE PCV CLOSURE TUBE MAY HAVE A HOLE WORN THROUGH IT. THIS IS DUE TO MISPOSITIONING OF THE PCV CLOSURE TUBE IN PRIOR REPAIRS. THE TUBE THEN COMES INTO CONTACT WITH THE WATER PUMP DRIVE PULLEY WHICH WEARS THE TUBE.

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