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Service bulletin 9718

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 id51363
Published by NHTSA1997-06-27
Manufacturer's number9718
Manufacturer's date1997-01-02
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

NHTSA's summary

A "HISSING" NOISE SOUNDING LIKE A WINDOW IS SLIGHTLY OPEN, FROM THE UPPER B-PILLAR AREA ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, MAY OCCUR ON SOME VEHICLES.*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
MERCURY VILLAGER1996, 1997

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

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