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Ford Taurus 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 99171 · NHTSA communication 607638 · issued Aug 23, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2000
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some ax4n transaxles will have a green prior to repair tag on the lower pan. The green tag refers to this tsb article and provides a toll-free phone number to be used by all us and canadian dealers for further service direction. *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.