# Service bulletin 16159

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: 636175
- Published by NHTSA: 2002\-11\-06
- Manufacturer's number: 16159
- Manufacturer's date: 2002\-08\-01
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES BUILT AFTER MARCH 2002 MAY NOT ALLOW PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT SYSTEM \(PATS\) SECURITY ACCESS WHEN PROGRAMMING SPARE KEYS OR REPLACING DEFECTIVE KEYS. \*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

Electrical system, Ignition

## Vehicles listed

- 2002 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [01245](/bulletins/630513.md), 2002-04-18, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 4.0L ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION OF UNABLE TO ACCESS WITH THE SECURILOCK PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT SYSTEM \(PATS\). \*TT
- [15107](/bulletins/621124.md), 2001-09-07, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. SOME VEHICLES MAY REQUIRE EXCESSIVE EFFORT WHEN TRYING TO INSERT THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER. \*TT
- [14906](/bulletins/620220.md), 2001-07-20, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. INFORMATION ON PERFORMING ANY PASSTIVE ANTI\-THEFT \(PATS\) SYSTEM FUNCTIONS INCLUDING KEY REPLACEMENTS WITH WDS OR NGS. \*TT
- [14890](/bulletins/620210.md), 2001-07-20, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT EXCESSIVE EFFORTS WHEN TRYING TO INSERT OR REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION LOCK. \*TT
- [0162](/bulletins/619266.md), 2001-05-22, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH PASSIVE ANTI\-THEFT SYSTEM \(PATS\) MAY NOT START OR CRANK. \*TT

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