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Lincoln LS 2000–2002technical service bulletin

Bulletin 15418 · NHTSA communication 630434 · issued Nov 1, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2000–2002
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles equipped with a 3.9l v8 engine may exhibit a spark knock condition. *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.