Ford Escape 2001 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 01202 · NHTSA communication 627916 · issued Oct 15, 2001
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2001
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 3.0l equipped vehicles produced before 7/27/2001 may experience charge lamp illumination, discharged battery or loss of power during extended drives when operating accessories requiring high electrical load (headlamps, rear window defrost a/c in max mode). *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.