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Service bulletin 96252

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id50959
Published by NHTSA1997-06-17
Manufacturer's number96252
Manufacturer's date1996-12-02
NHTSA componentLATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

NHTSA's summary

LOCKS - REPLACE AND/OR REPAIR ANY LOCK COMPONENT - SERVICE TIP. *TW

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Latches and locks, Door latch

Vehicles listed
FORD BRONCO1996
FORD EXPLORER1996
FORD F SERIES1996
FORD F-1501996, 1997
FORD F-2501996, 1997
FORD F-3501996, 1997
FORD RANGER1996
FORD TAURUS1996
FORD THUNDERBIRD1997
LINCOLN CONTINENTAL1997
LINCOLN MARK VIII1997 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
MERCURY COUGAR1997
MERCURY SABLE1996
MERCURY VILLAGER1996

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
96V0700001996-04-22. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
967152000-06-21. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING A NEW SINGLE KEY LOCKSETS INSTALLED ON CERTAIN TRIAL VEHICLES. *TT
BC32839702061997-07-17. Service bulletin. DOOR LATCH SWITCH IS CAUSING THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT/CHIME NOT TO WORK PROPERLY. *TW
97371997-06-27. Service bulletin. DOOR HANDLE- OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE HAS EXTENDED TRAVEL- VEHICLES BUILT THROUGH 11/1/96. *JD