Ford Taurus 2000 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 7857 · NHTSA communication 612223 · issued Feb 1, 2000
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2000
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles equipped with a 3.0l 2-valve engine may exhibit a malfunction indicator lamp on with a diagnostic trouble code p0401 and / or p1408 stored in memory. This may be caused by insufficient exhaust gas recirculation flow. *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.