Ford Aerostar 1986–1997 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 9832 · NHTSA communication 600586 · issued Feb 16, 1998
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
1986–1997
model years
34
vehicle entries
Official summary
Front and rear bumpers made of xenoy plastic have had the conductive primer removed from service parts. *yc
Vehicles covered
- 1986 Ford Aerostar
- 1987 Ford Aerostar
- 1988 Ford Aerostar
- 1989 Ford Aerostar
- 1990 Ford Aerostar
- 1991 Ford Aerostar
- 1992 Ford Aerostar
- 1993 Ford Aerostar
- 1994 Ford Aerostar
- 1995 Ford Aerostar
- 1996 Ford Aerostar
- 1997 Ford Aerostar
- 1997 Ford Contour
- 1986 Ford Taurus
- 1987 Ford Taurus
- 1988 Ford Taurus
- 1988 Ford Tempo
- 1989 Ford Tempo
- 1990 Ford Tempo
- 1991 Ford Tempo
- 1992 Ford Tempo
- 1993 Ford Tempo
- 1994 Ford Tempo
- 1997 Mercury Mystique
- 1986 Mercury Sable
- 1987 Mercury Sable
- 1988 Mercury Sable
- 1988 Mercury Topaz
- 1989 Mercury Topaz
- 1990 Mercury Topaz
- 1991 Mercury Topaz
- 1992 Mercury Topaz
- 1993 Mercury Topaz
- 1994 Mercury Topaz
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.