{"nhtsa_id":635972,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2002-11-04","date":"2002-08-19","document_id":"02161","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"ENGINE FLOODING, EXTENDED ENGINE CRANKING TIME REQUIRED TO START, OR HARD START CONDITION. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/635972","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"THUNDERBIRD","year_from":2002,"year_to":2002,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2002_ford_thunderbird"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"LS","year_from":2000,"year_to":2002,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_lincoln_ls","2001_lincoln_ls","2002_lincoln_ls"]}],"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":[]}