Mercury Villager 1993–1996 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 962522 · NHTSA communication 50978 · issued Dec 2, 1996
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
1993–1996
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
Extended crank - long crank time during morning start-ups - vehicles built through 7/1/96 no start - no start after short hot soak - vehicles built through 7/1/96 stalling - intermittent in hot ambient temperatures - vehicles built through 7/1/96. *tw
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.