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Service bulletin 9712

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 id51357
Published by NHTSA1997-06-27
Manufacturer's number9712
Manufacturer's date1997-01-02
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

NHTSA's summary

INTERIOR DOOR TRIM PANEL PUSH PIN ATTACHMENT METHOD IS NOT ROBUST ENOUGH FOR FREQUENT SERVICING. *JD

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

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
LINCOLN CONTINENTAL1997
LINCOLN TOWN CAR1997

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

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