Ford Escape 2002 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 15482 · NHTSA communication 630589 · issued Dec 1, 2001
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2002
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles equipped with a duratec engine may experience engine damage as a result of microscopic internal cracks in a batch of intake valves. *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.