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Lincoln LS 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 996801 · NHTSA communication 608773 · issued Aug 1, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2000
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Information on vehicles equipped with 3.9l v8 engine exhibiting what appears to be an oil leak from the bellhousing area at low vehicle mileage. *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.