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Service bulletin 0263

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 id636029
Published by NHTSA2002-11-04
Manufacturer's number0263
Manufacturer's date2002-04-01
NHTSA componentSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS

NHTSA's summary

INFORMATION ON GEL-LIKE SUBSTANCE FLOATING ON TOP OF FLUID IN MASTER CYLINDER. *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

Brakes

Vehicles listed
FORD F-6502000, 2001, 2002
FORD F531999 to 2002
FORD F7502000, 2001, 2002
FORD F8001999

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20020132002-01-21. Brakes
02V0240002002-01-18. SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
20010312000-11-14. Brakes
00V2320072000-09-21. SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
19991791999-10-20. Brakes
99V2670001999-09-27. PARKING BRAKE

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
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022352004-07-27. Service bulletin. AIR BRAKE FOOT VALVE REPLACEMENT ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH E14 FOOT VALVE. *TT
168912003-09-08. Service bulletin. CLEAR GEL-LIKE SUBSTANCE IN THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR. THIS SUBSTANCE IS A SILICONE BASE LUBRICANT USED DURING ASSEMBLY OF THE MASTER CYLINDER. *TT
153752002-04-16. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HYDROMAX LAMP ILLUMINATION WHILE DRIVING, AND/OR A DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE C1149. *TT
02152002-04-11. Service bulletin. HYDROMAX LIGHT ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE C1149 STORED IN MEMORY. *TT
02152002-04-11. Service bulletin. HYDROMAX LIGHT ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE C1149 STORED IN MEMORY. *TT
0023112001-03-02. Service bulletin. THIS BULLETIN STATES THAT IF THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR WIRES ARE NOT TIE STRAPPED CORRECTLY, IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE WIRE TO CONTACT THE WHEEL AND / OR BRAKE DRUM. IF THE WIRE THEN BECOMES CHAFED, A FALSE SINGLE MAY BE SENT TO THE ABS ELECTRONIC CONTROLLER. THE CONTROLLER MAY THEN MISINTERPRET THESE SIGNALS AND FALSELY DETERMINE THAT THE WHEEL IS ROTATING AT A DIFFERENT SPEED THAN IT ACTUALLY IS. THIS MAY RESULT IN UNWANTED ABS ACTIVATION. *TT
117582001-01-10. Service bulletin. SOME MEDIUM DUTY TRUCKS, EQUIPPED WITH AIR BRAKES, MAY EXHIBIT AN ABS AMBER WARNING LIGHT WITH THE ABS MODULE RR-LH LED ILLUMINATED. *TT
00822000-07-21. Service bulletin. INFORMATION REGARDING A CLEAR GEL-LIKE SUBSTANCE IN THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR APPEARING ON SOME VEHICLES. **MR