{"nhtsa_id":615541,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-01-18","date":"1998-12-01","document_id":"12295","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT ON, STALL AT TIP-IN FROM IDLE, ENGINE HESITATION, AND / OR SURGE CAUSED BY THE MASS AIR FLOW (MAF) SENSOR. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/615541","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"ESCORT","year_from":1996,"year_to":1999,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_ford_escort","1997_ford_escort","1998_ford_escort","1999_ford_escort"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"ZX2 (ESCORT)","year_from":1996,"year_to":1998,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"FORD","model":"ZX2 (ESCORT)","year_from":1999,"year_to":1999,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["1999_ford_zx2"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"TRACER","year_from":1996,"year_to":1999,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_mercury_tracer","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":[]}