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Ford Taurus 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 99151 · NHTSA communication 608430 · issued Jul 26, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
1999
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Concerns with slow fuel fill at or above 3/4 of a tank / fuel fill nozzle clicks off, slow fuel fill below 3/4 of a tank / continuous fill nozzel clicks off, fuel gauge does not update after fuel fill, and the low fuel light illuminates with 11-22 l of fuel remaining and / or the customer can only add 38-45 l of fuel. *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.