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Mercury Villager 1997technical service bulletin

Bulletin 97090297188 · NHTSA communication 54074 · issued Sep 2, 1997

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
1997
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Intermittent operation of the remote keyless entry (rke) system, or lack of range with the remote transmitter may occur on some vehicles. *yc

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.