# 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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 636029
- Published by NHTSA: 2002\-11\-04
- Manufacturer's number: 0263
- Manufacturer's date: 2002\-04\-01
- NHTSA component: SERVICE 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

- 2000 to 2002 FORD F\-650
- 1999 to 2002 FORD F53
- 2000 to 2002 FORD F750
- 1999 FORD F800

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2002013](/recalls/tc/2002013.md), 2002-01-21: Brakes
- [02V024000](/recalls/nhtsa/02V024000.md), 2002-01-18: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
- [2001031](/recalls/tc/2001031.md), 2000-11-14: Brakes
- [00V232007](/recalls/nhtsa/00V232007.md), 2000-09-21: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
- [1999179](/recalls/tc/1999179.md), 1999-10-20: Brakes
- [99V267000](/recalls/nhtsa/99V267000.md), 1999-09-27: PARKING BRAKE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [18223](/bulletins/10010734.md), 2004-12-08, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM. VACUUM PUMP INOPERATIVE OR RUNS CONTINUOUSLY \- CLIMATE CONTROL DEFAULTS TO DEFROST. OASIS. TO ALSO INCLUDE 2005 SUPER DUTY F\-SERIES, EXCURSION, AND F650/750. \*TT
- [02235](/bulletins/10008313.md), 2004-07-27, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:CONTROLS:FOOT CONTROL/VALVE. AIR BRAKE FOOT VALVE REPLACEMENT ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH E14 FOOT VALVE. \*TT
- [16891](/bulletins/10002606.md), 2003-09-08, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC. 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
- [15375](/bulletins/630384.md), 2002-04-16, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:BRAKE FLUID LOW WARNING: LAMP. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HYDROMAX LAMP ILLUMINATION WHILE DRIVING, AND/OR A DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE C1149. \*TT
- [0215](/bulletins/630009.md), 2002-04-11, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:BRAKE FLUID LOW WARNING: LAMP. HYDROMAX LIGHT ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE C1149 STORED IN MEMORY. \*TT
- [0215](/bulletins/630007.md), 2002-04-11, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:BRAKE FLUID LOW WARNING: LAMP. HYDROMAX LIGHT ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE C1149 STORED IN MEMORY. \*TT
- [002311](/bulletins/616528.md), 2001-03-02, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK. 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
- [11758](/bulletins/615260.md), 2001-01-10, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR. SOME MEDIUM DUTY TRUCKS, EQUIPPED WITH AIR BRAKES, MAY EXHIBIT AN ABS AMBER WARNING LIGHT WITH THE ABS MODULE RR\-LH LED ILLUMINATED. \*TT
- [0082](/bulletins/613576.md), 2000-07-21, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. INFORMATION REGARDING A CLEAR GEL\-LIKE SUBSTANCE IN THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR APPEARING ON SOME VEHICLES. \*\*MR

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