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Ford Taurus 2000–2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 14812 · NHTSA communication 619312 · issued Apr 1, 2001

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

Official summary

Some vehicles equipped with side seat air bags built prior to june 1, 2001 may exhibit an air bag lamp on with diagnostic trouble code b1994 and / or b1998 (open / high resistance in the driver / passenger side seat air bag circuits). *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.