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Ford Windstar 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 12200 · NHTSA communication 615467 · issued Dec 1, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
1999
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

This bulletin states that when using the new generation star tester (ngs) to diagnose electrical concerns on all body styles and engine sizes, the front electronics module (fem) is identified as a generic electronics module (gem). *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.