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Service bulletins for the 1997 Ford Escort

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.

150 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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Only bulletins with component: Lighting are shown. Show all

Bulletins, newest first
021762004-08-05. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH. LAMP-BRAKE-INVADVERTENT DISABLING OF BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. *MJ
991391999-08-26. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS. CONDITIONS WITH THE BRAKE LAMPS INADVERTENTLY DISABLING THE BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. *TT
98191999-07-09. Service bulletin. INTERIOR LIGHTING. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT INTERMITTENT OPERATION OR INOPERATIVE INTERIOR DOME LAMP. *TT
9832181999-02-25. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING IF ANY HEADLAMP CONCERNS EXIST FOR SOME VEHICLES. *YC
BC32189705011997-09-18. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING IF ANY HEADLAMP CONCERNS EXIST FOR 97 ESCORT/TRACER. *TW
BC32189702131997-07-17. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. HEADLAMP CONCERNS FOR ESCORT/TRACER. *TW
BC10307970201997-07-17. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. HEADLAMP CONCERN. *JD
97341997-06-27. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP- MIL ILLUMINATION WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE 0401 STORED IN MEMORY- VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.0L ENGINE. *JD
BC02679702011997-06-27. Service bulletin. INTERIOR LIGHTING. THE CARGO/TRUNK LAMP LENS/COVER HAS BEEN DELETED AS OF 10/1/96. *JD
BC02659702011997-06-27. Service bulletin. INTERIOR LIGHTING. EXHIBITING AN AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT. DTC 13 OR 51. *JD

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.