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Mercury Villager 1993–1996technical 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

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.