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Ford Taurus 2000–2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 14666 · NHTSA communication 619163 · issued Feb 1, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Air Bags
component
2000–2001
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles equipped with seat side air bags may exhibit a difficult to diagnose air bag lamp on with diagnostic trouble code b1994 or b1998 (open / resistance in the driver / passenger seat air bag circuit). *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.