Ford Taurus 2000 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 8194 · NHTSA communication 612406 · issued Feb 1, 2000
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2000
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicle equipped with 3.0l 4-valve duratec engines built prior to february 8th, 2000 may exhibit an intermittent exhaust ringing noise. *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.