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Ford Crown Victoria 1997technical service bulletin

Bulletin 9863 · NHTSA communication 601311 · issued Mar 30, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
1997
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may exhibit no temperature control and/or a clicking noise heard coming from behind the instrument panel near the glove compartment. *yc

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.