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Ford Taurus 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 7538 · NHTSA communication 610864 · issued Nov 1, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2000
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles built between october 4, 1999 and november 30, 1999 may have an incorrect r134a refrigerant charge capacity label. The charge capacity should be .96 kg (34 oz.), not .79 kg as the label might read. *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.