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Ford Crown Victoria 1998–2002technical service bulletin

Bulletin 012113 · NHTSA communication 627774 · issued Oct 29, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
1998–2002
model years
60
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some ignition switch lock cylinder assemblies may exhibit rougness and / or excess effort in turning, key does not fully return from start, a malfunction indicator lamp may illuminate with p0500, p1502 and u1039 stored in powertrian control module (pcm). *tt

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.