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Ford Crown Victoria 1998–2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 14181 · NHTSA communication 620304 · issued Mar 1, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
1998–2000
model years
9
vehicle entries

Official summary

Vehicles built up to december of 1999 may exhibit a clunk noise from the rear of the vehicle when driving over speed bumps. This may be caused by the fill-limiting valve inside the fuel tank. *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.