{"nhtsa_id":618581,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-04-17","date":"2000-09-01","document_id":"00S26","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"AIR BAGS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"ON SOME VEHICLES, IT MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR THE RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE (RCM) TO INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATE AN AIRBAG OR SAFETY BELT PRE-TENSIONER WHILE STARTING THE ENGINE. FORD MOTOR COMPANY WILL INSTALL A REVISED RCM. *JB","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/618581","components":[{"id":"air-bags","name":"Air bags","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"CROWN VICTORIA","year_from":2001,"year_to":2001,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2001_ford_crown-victoria"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"WINDSTAR","year_from":2001,"year_to":2001,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2001_ford_windstar"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"TOWN CAR","year_from":2001,"year_to":2001,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2001_lincoln_town-car"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"GRAND MARQUIS","year_from":2001,"year_to":2001,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2001_mercury_grand-marquis"]}],"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":[]}