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Service bulletin 9874

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 id601343
Published by NHTSA1998-07-24
Manufacturer's number9874
Manufacturer's date1998-04-13
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

A NEW SILICONE GASKET AND SEALANT. *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

Engine

Vehicles listed
FORD ASPIRE1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
FORD CONTOUR1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
FORD CROWN VICTORIA1984 to 1986
FORD CROWN VICTORIA1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
FORD ESCORT1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
FORD EXPEDITION1997, 1998
FORD MUSTANG1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
FORD PROBE1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
FORD TAURUS1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
FORD TEMPO1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
FORD THUNDERBIRD1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
LINCOLN CONTINENTAL1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
LINCOLN CONTINENTAL1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
LINCOLN MARK VIII1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
LINCOLN NAVIGATOR1998
LINCOLN TOWN CAR1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
MERCURY COUGAR1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS1984, 1985, 1986
MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
MERCURY MOUNTAINEER1997, 1998
MERCURY SABLE1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
MERCURY TOPAZ1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
MERCURY TOPAZ1994
MERCURY TRACER1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
01V3900002001-12-21. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
00V3670002000-11-06. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
19991391999-07-27. Engine
19990971999-05-19. Engine
19982251998-11-16. Engine
98V2060021998-11-03. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
19981441998-07-20. Engine
19972211997-12-11. Engine
19970601997-03-20. Engine
97V0190001997-02-25. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN

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

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