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Mercury Villager 1996technical service bulletin

Bulletin 11531 · NHTSA communication 613796 · issued Apr 1, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1996
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may produce an objectionable sulfur or rotten egg - type odor from the exhaust during various driving conditions. *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.