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Ford Taurus 1996technical service bulletin

Bulletin 11792 · NHTSA communication 615293 · issued Aug 1, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
1996
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may exhibit a hard / no start concern when parked in a steep nose-up position with less than 1/4 tank of fuel and for an extended period of time. *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.