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Ford Freestar 2004technical service bulletin

Bulletin 17156 · NHTSA communication 10004053 · issued Sep 1, 2003

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2004
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Diagnostic trouble code u1262 (scp communication bus fault) and/or u1135 (scp invalid or missing data for ignition switch/starter) stored in the instrument cluster. *tt

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.