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Ford Taurus 2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 14530 · NHTSA communication 616839 · issued Dec 1, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seats
component
2001
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles with power seats built after november 28th, 2000 will not be equipped with plastic seat track trim covers installed on the front inboard side of the seat track. The inboard seat track trim covers have been discontinued. *tt

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.