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Ford Taurus 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 0251 · NHTSA communication 636069 · issued Mar 4, 2002

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Exterior Lighting
component
2000
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

On some vehicles, there may be an inadvertent stop lamp switch activation with the brake pedal not depressed. *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.