{"nhtsa_id":46419,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1996-04-25","date":"1995-12-01","document_id":"BC0094960102","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES BUILT AFER 1/25/95 MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT HORN OPERATION WHILE FUNCTIONING AT VARIOUS STEERING WHEEL POSITIONS. THE HORN IS GROUNGED THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL BEARINGS WHICH AT TIMES DOES NOT COMPLETE THE CIRCUIT. ENGINEERING IS DESIGNING A CLIP TO PROVIDE A REDUNDANT GROUND ON THE HORN CIRCUIT THROUGH THE STEERING COLUMN TUBE.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/46419","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"wiring","name":"Wiring and fuses","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"ESCORT","year_from":1995,"year_to":1996,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1995_ford_escort","1996_ford_escort"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"TRACER","year_from":1995,"year_to":1996,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1995_mercury_tracer","1996_mercury_tracer"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}