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Ford Windstar 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 13421 · NHTSA communication 609686 · issued Oct 1, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Interior Lighting
component
1999
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Subject pertaining to vehicles equipped with heated outside mirrors exhibiting interior lights that illuminate when the rear defrost button is activated. *tt

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.