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Ford Crown Victoria 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 13487 · NHTSA communication 610900 · issued Nov 1, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seat Belts
component
2000
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

On some vehicles the seat belt minder indicator will flash and the chime will sound if the vehicle is driven with the drivers seat belt not fastened. *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.