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Ford Taurus 1996–1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 13802 · NHTSA communication 612819 · issued Jan 1, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
1996–1999
model years
12
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may exhibit an intermittent loss of instrument control panel (icp) illumination. *mjs

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.