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Mercury Villager 1998technical service bulletin

Bulletin 98612 · NHTSA communication 601323 · issued Mar 30, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Other
component
1998
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Issues concerning the fuel gauge dropping quickly from full to 3/4 and/or the fuel gauge may read 3/4 when full. *yc

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.