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Ford Taurus 1996–1997technical service bulletin

Bulletin 99127 · NHTSA communication 606445 · issued Jun 14, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
1996–1997
model years
6
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may exhibit a malfunction indicator lamp (mil) with diagnostic trouble code (dtc) p1135 or p1155 stored in memory and / or a long crank / slow start. *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.