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Ford Taurus 2001–2004technical service bulletin

Bulletin 031506 · NHTSA communication 10011149 · issued Aug 9, 2004

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Visibility
component
2001–2004
model years
8
vehicle entries

Official summary

Water in the blower case or on the passenger side floor, an inoperative climate control blower motor, a motor that operates on high speed only, and/or a blower motor resistor failure. Vehicles built 5/1/2001 to 12/15/2003. *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.