{"nhtsa_id":636040,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2002-11-04","date":"2002-03-18","document_id":"0252","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE 2/12/2002 MAY EXHIBIT A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK AT THE RETURN HOSE AND / OR COOLER HOSE AT THE INTERMIEDIATE TUBE ASSEMBLY DURING EXTREME COLD AMBIENT TEMPERATURES -20 TO -28C (-5 TO -20 F), *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/636040","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"power-steering","name":"Power steering","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"ESCAPE","year_from":2001,"year_to":2002,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2001_ford_escape","2002_ford_escape"]}],"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":[]}