Mercury Mountaineer 2002 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 16159 · NHTSA communication 636175 · issued Aug 1, 2002
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2002
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles built after march 2002 may not allow passive anti-theft system (pats) security access when programming spare keys or replacing defective keys. *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.