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Ford Thunderbird 2002technical service bulletin

Bulletin 15588 · NHTSA communication 630144 · issued Jan 1, 2002

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2002
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles equipped with 3.9l v8 engine only, may exhibit a rattling noise from the hydraulic cooling fan pump. *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.