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Ford Taurus 1996–1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 13802 · NHTSA communication 612819 · issued Jan 1, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown / Other
component
1996–1999
model years
12
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may exhibit an intermittent loss of instrument control panel (icp) illumination. *mjs

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.