# Service bulletin 15828

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: 637571
- Published by NHTSA: 2002\-12\-03
- Manufacturer's number: 15828
- Manufacturer's date: 2002\-04\-01
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE B1213, B1342, B1601, B2431. \*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

## Trouble codes named

B1213, B1342, B1601, B2431

## Vehicles listed

- 1998 to 2000 FORD CONTOUR
- 2001 to 2002 FORD ESCAPE
- 2000 to 2002 FORD FOCUS
- 2000 to 2002 FORD TAURUS
- 2001 to 2002 FORD WINDSTAR
- 1999 to 2002 MERCURY COUGAR
- 1998 to 2000 MERCURY MYSTIQUE
- 2000 to 2002 MERCURY SABLE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [99V060000](/recalls/nhtsa/99V060000.md), 1999-03-17: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [18413](/bulletins/10012971.md), 2005-04-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. UNABLE TO REMOVE IGNITION KEY \- SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [02182](/bulletins/10008591.md), 2004-08-09, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. TRIM\-IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER DIFFICULT TO TURN, UNABLE TO REMOVE STICKING IGNITION KEY\-IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER REMOVAL PROCEDURE. \*MJ
- [15872](/bulletins/637728.md), 2002-12-04, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. SUBJECT REGARDING DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0156 \- H02 / CATALYST MONITOR SENSOR \(CMS\) CIRCUIT FAILURE\) CONTAMINATION. \*TT
- [15442](/bulletins/630464.md), 2002-04-17, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3.8L ENGINES MAY EXHIBIT A DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0460 INCONTINUOUS MEMORY. \*TT
- [15421](/bulletins/630440.md), 2002-04-17, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A DIFFICULT TO TURN, UNABLE TO REMOVE, OR STICKING IGNITION KEY. \*TT
- [15440](/bulletins/630366.md), 2002-04-16, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT INTERMITTENT UNCOMMANDED ACTIVATION OF THE PERIMETER ANTI\-THEFT SYSTEM. \*TT
- [15308](/bulletins/630216.md), 2002-04-15, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. SOME VEHICLES BUILT AFTER 10/01/2001 MAY EXHIBIT A DIFFICULT TO TURN IGNITION KEY. \*TT
- [012113](/bulletins/627774.md), 2002-02-22, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH. SOME IGNITION SWITCH LOCK CYLINDER ASSEMBLIES MAY EXHIBIT ROUGNESS AND / OR EXCESS EFFORT IN TURNING, KEY DOES NOT FULLY RETURN FROM START, A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP MAY ILLUMINATE WITH P0500, P1502 AND U1039 STORED IN POWERTRIAN CONTROL MODULE \(PCM\). \*TT
- [15280](/bulletins/625820.md), 2001-12-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. SOME VEHICLESMAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT STICKING/BINDING IGNITION KEY LOCK CYLINDER AT OR NEAR THE START POSITION. \*JG
- [15020](/bulletins/622837.md), 2001-10-23, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.5L ENGINES MAY EXHIBIT MULTIPLE MISFIRE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES WITH NO DRIVEABILITY CONCERN NOTED. \*TT

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