{"nhtsa_id":606436,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1999-08-20","date":"1999-06-14","document_id":"99122","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HARD / NO START CONDITION OCCURRING WHEN THE ENGINE BLOCK HEATER IS PLUGGED IN WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW -18 DEGREES C (0 DEGREES F). *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/606436","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"ESCORT","year_from":1996,"year_to":1996,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_ford_escort"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"TRACER","year_from":1996,"year_to":1996,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["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":[]}