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Ford Taurus 1998–2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 15889 · NHTSA communication 637765 · issued May 1, 2002

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
1998–2001
model years
12
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles equipped with the electronic automatic temperature control (eatc) will not cycle the ai conditioner compressor when the floor mode is selected. *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.