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Service bulletin 020503

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 id636417
Published by NHTSA2002-11-08
Manufacturer's number020503
Manufacturer's date2005-03-21
Replaces0556
NHTSA componentFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

GUIDANCE FOR CNG TANK INSPECTION FOR VEHICLES PRODUCED AFTER DECEMBER 2, 1996. *TT UPDATE. *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

Fuel system, Fuel tank

Vehicles listed
FORD CONTOUR1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
FORD CROWN VICTORIA1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
FORD E SERIES1996 to 2003
FORD F-1501998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
11V3850002011-07-29. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING
04V4430002004-09-13. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING
04V2000002004-04-26. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
03V4720002003-11-06. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
02V2490002002-09-06. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
00V3500002000-10-30. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
99V2470001999-09-13. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
98V1610001998-07-15. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY; SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY

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
TSB-14-01642015-07-31. Service bulletin. FORD/LINCOLN: SAFETY RECALL REGARDING HIGH CORROSION AREAS FOR OPERATING, FOR AN EXTENDED TIME, VEHICLES WHERE BOTH OR ONE STRAP OF FUEL TANK CAN FRACTURE, AFTER CONTACTING GROUND. MODEL 1997-99 F250 LD, 1997-03 F150, 2004 F150 HERITAGE, 2002-03 BLACKWOOD. *PE
TSB-14-01472015-01-17. Service bulletin. FORD/LINCOLN: SAFETY RECALL ISSUED DUE TO ONE OR BOTH FUEL TANK STRAPS FRACTURING DUE TO BEING IN HIGH CORROSION AREAS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD AND DISLODGING FUEL TANK. MODEL 1997-99 F250, 1997-03 F150, 2004 F150 HERITAGE, 2002-2003 BLACKWOOD. *PE
CSP 08B042008-10-24. Service bulletin. FORD/LINCOLN MERCURY: CERTAIN 1992-2001 MODEL YEAR CROWN VICTORIA, GRAND MARQUIS, AND TOWN CAR VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THE STATES OF WISCONSIN AND CONNECTICUT UPGRADE MODIFICATIONS FOR HIGH SPEED REAR IMPACTS. *PE
021112004-07-27. Service bulletin. FUEL PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE (SCHRADER VALVE) DISCONTINUED. *TT
02532002-11-04. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS TANK INSPECTION. *TT
0121142002-02-25. Service bulletin. PARTS AND PROCEDURE TO REDUCE THE POTENTIAL OF FUEL TANK PUNCTURES DURING RARE AND EXTREMELY HIGH-SPEED REAR IMPACTS. *TT
0118092001-12-04. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A FUEL FILLER DOOR TAHT DOES NOT FIT CORRECTLY OR THE FUEL DOOR MAY INADVERTENTLY POP OPEN. *TT
0118092001-12-04. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A FUEL FILLER DOOR THAT DOES NOT FIT CORRECTLY OR THE FUEL DOOR MAY INADVERTENTLY POP OPEN. *TT
152712001-12-03. Service bulletin. DEDICATED CNG REGULATOR BOWL KIT AVAILABLE. *JG
011892001-11-30. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON FULE FILLER DOOR, POOR FIT REMOTE FUEL DOOR POPS OPEN.*JB