Ford Thunderbird 2000–2002 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin 02161 · NHTSA communication 635972 · issued Aug 19, 2002

Technical service bulletin

communication type

Engine and Engine Cooling

component

2000–2002

model years

vehicle entries

Official summary

Engine flooding, extended engine cranking time required to start, or hard start condition. *tt

Vehicles covered

2002 Ford Thunderbird
2000 Lincoln LS
2001 Lincoln LS
2002 Lincoln LS

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.