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Ford Taurus 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 13403 · NHTSA communication 6092197 · issued Oct 1, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Vehicle Speed Control
component
2000
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Vehicles with 3.0l 4v engines may exhibit a slight hiss or vacuum leak type sound from the intake manifold / throttle body area. *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.