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Ford Escort 1998technical service bulletin

Bulletin 9842 · NHTSA communication 601261 · issued Mar 2, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
1998
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Experiencing a whistling / windnoise heard from around the outside rear view mirror area during certain driving conditions. *tt

Vehicles covered

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.