Ford Crown Victoria 1998–2000 — technical 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
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.