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Service bulletin 97111097234

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 id53660
Published by NHTSA1998-03-30
Manufacturer's number97111097234
Manufacturer's date1997-11-10
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

VEHICLES EXHIBITING A "SQUEAKING" OR "CHIRPING" FROM THE BLOWER MOTOR AT LOW BLOWER MOTOR SPEEDS. *YC

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

Electrical system, Starter

Vehicles listed
FORD AEROSTAR1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
FORD CONTOUR1995, 1996, 1997
FORD ESCORT1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
FORD EXPEDITION1997
FORD MUSTANG1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
FORD TAURUS1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
FORD TEMPO1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
FORD THUNDERBIRD1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
FORD WINDSTAR1995, 1996, 1997
LINCOLN CONTINENTAL1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
LINCOLN MARK VIII1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
MERCURY COUGAR1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
MERCURY MYSTIQUE1995, 1996, 1997
MERCURY SABLE1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
MERCURY TOPAZ1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
MERCURY TRACER1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
MERCURY VILLAGER1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

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

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