Ford Escort 1996 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 99122 · NHTSA communication 606436 · issued Jun 14, 1999
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1996
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles may exhibit a hard / no start condition occurring when the engine block heater is plugged in with temperatures below -18 degrees c (0 degrees f). *tt
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.