{"nhtsa_id":608808,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1999-12-06","date":"1999-08-01","document_id":"996877","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.0L SPI ENGINE MAY EXHBIT A LACK OF HEAT AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE READING COLD. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/608808","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"ESCORT","year_from":1997,"year_to":1999,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1997_ford_escort","1998_ford_escort","1999_ford_escort"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"TRACER","year_from":1997,"year_to":1999,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1997_mercury_tracer","1998_mercury_tracer","1999_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":[]}