# Service bulletin 0285

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: 637928
- Published by NHTSA: 2002\-12\-09
- Manufacturer's number: 0285
- Manufacturer's date: 2002\-04\-29
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

## NHTSA's summary

ON SOME VEHICLES, THE ELECTRONIC AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE CONTROL \(EATC\) BLOWS COLD AIR FROM THE FLOOR DUCTS ON VEHICLES PRODUCED BEFORE 9/30/2000 ONLY. \*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

Equipment and accessories, Heating and air conditioning

## Vehicles listed

- 1998 to 2001 FORD EXPLORER
- 1998 to 2001 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [00V313000](/recalls/nhtsa/00V313000.md), 2000-10-17: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [04189](/bulletins/10014062.md), 2005-04-28, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:REAR WINDOW. REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER GRID/INTEGRAL ANTENNA DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR \- TERMINAL TAB REPAIR. \*TT
- [02208](/bulletins/10013060.md), 2005-04-07, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. CLIMATE CONTROL A/C SERVICE TECH TIPS. \*EH
- [041514](/bulletins/10011159.md), 2005-01-05, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT. REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER GRID/INTEGRAL ANTENNA DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR \- TERMINAL TAB REPAIR. \*TT
- [031501](/bulletins/10009321.md), 2004-09-23, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT. INOPERATIVE ELECTRIC REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER \(HEATED BACKLITE\) GRID LINES, INTEGRAL ANTENNA CONCERNS. \*TT
- [01156](/bulletins/623944.md), 2001-10-31, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT HEATER CORE LEAKS. \*SLC
- [14425](/bulletins/620443.md), 2001-08-07, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:WRECKER AND WHEEL LIFT DEVICES. SUBJECT REGARDING NEUTRAL TOW CAPABILITY. \*TT
- [13995](/bulletins/620292.md), 2001-07-24, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4.0L SOHC MAY EXHIBIT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL BASE IDLE SPEED OF 1200\-1400 RPM WHEN THE VEHICLE IS INITIALLY RECEIVED FROM THE ASSEMBLY PLANT. THIS HIGHER BASE IDLE STRAGETY IS NOW USED DURING PLANT / TRANSPORTATION OPERATION TO PREVENT SPARK PLUG FOULING. \*TT
- [00213](/bulletins/618546.md), 2001-04-16, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. SUBJECT REGARDING CLIMATE CONTROL \- EATC \- BLOWER MOTOR CONTROL SERVICE TIPS. \*JB
- [00L09](/bulletins/618532.md), 2001-04-16, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS. SUBJECT PERTAINING TO SUPPLEMENTAL TIRE INFLATION LABEL. \*JB
- [14585](/bulletins/617894.md), 2001-04-02, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:WRECKER AND WHEEL LIFT DEVICES. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DO NOT HAVE NEUTRAL TOW CAPABILITY AND CAN ONLY BE TOWED WITH ALL 4 WHEELS OFF THE GROUND. \*TT

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