Ford Taurus 2000 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 13985 · NHTSA communication 612940 · issued Mar 1, 2000
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2000
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
Vehicles built 1/19/2000 through 2/11/2000 with ax4n transaxle may exhibit fluid visible around the top front corner of the chain cover in the area of the transaxle side pan, 8 mm corner bolt and threaded hole behind the side pan bolt. *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.