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Ford Windstar 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 12228 · NHTSA communication 615489 · issued Dec 1, 1998

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

Official summary

For all vehicles with front-end electronic module (fem) and rear-end electronic modules (rem) concerns that require a module replacement, the technician must call for approval before removing and / or replacing the module. *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.