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Service bulletin 0254

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 id636045
Published by NHTSA2002-11-04
Manufacturer's number0254
Manufacturer's date2002-03-18
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

NHTSA's summary

ON SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 4.6L ENGINE, THE FRONT END ACCESSORY DRIVE (FEAD) BELT MAY HYDROPLANE ON THE WATER PUMP PULLEY WHENTHE BELT IS SPLASHED WITH WATER. *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

Vehicles listed
FORD CROWN VICTORIA2001, 2002
FORD MUSTANG2001, 2002
LINCOLN TOWN CAR2001, 2002
MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS2001, 2002

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

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