Ford Escort 1997 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin BC1020397230 · NHTSA communication 51563 · issued Jan 23, 1997
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1997
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Vehicles which exhibit automatic transmission shifter issues resulting in either the inability to remove the ignition key from the ignition lock cylinder, or inability to move the shifter out of "park". *jd
Vehicles covered
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.