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Mercury Villager 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 12133 · NHTSA communication 613155 · issued Nov 1, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
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1999
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Official summary

Some vehicles built on or beford 10-25-98 may exhibit an inoperative interior sliding door handle on either side of the vehicle. *mjs

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.