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Ford Taurus 1993–1998technical service bulletin

Bulletin 12099 · NHTSA communication 613084 · issued Nov 1, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1993–1998
model years
9
vehicle entries

Official summary

Vehicles with the ax4s transaxle have an inline transmission cooler bypass valve located in the cooler line near the radiator cooler. *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.