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Ford Taurus 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 8018 · NHTSA communication 613613 · issued Apr 1, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
2000
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles equipped with a keyless entry keypad may require the need to access the keypad code for the vehicle. **mr

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.