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Service bulletin 99-8-15

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 id606419
Published by NHTSA2001-01-05
Manufacturer's number99-8-15
Manufacturer's date1999-05-03
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT REGARDING DOOR TRIM PANEL REPLACEMENT - SERVICE TIP. *TT

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
FORD AEROSTAR1995, 1996, 1997
FORD BRONCO1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
FORD CONTOUR1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
FORD CROWN VICTORIA1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
FORD ECONOLINE1995 to 1999
FORD ESCORT1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
FORD EXPEDITION1997, 1998, 1999
FORD EXPLORER1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
FORD F SUPER DUTY1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
FORD F-1501993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
FORD F-2501993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
FORD F-250 SD1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-3501993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
FORD MUSTANG1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
FORD PROBE1995, 1996, 1997
FORD RANGER1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
FORD SUPER DUTY F SERIES1999
FORD TAURUS1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
FORD THUNDERBIRD1995, 1996, 1997
FORD WINDSTAR1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
LINCOLN CONTINENTAL1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
LINCOLN MARK VIII1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
LINCOLN NAVIGATOR1998, 1999
LINCOLN TOWN CAR1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
MERCURY COUGAR1995, 1996, 1997
MERCURY COUGAR1999
MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
MERCURY MOUNTAINEER1997, 1998, 1999
MERCURY MYSTIQUE1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
MERCURY SABLE1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
MERCURY TRACER1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
MERCURY VILLAGER1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20154372015-09-29. Structure
11V0300002011-01-26. STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
20010452001-03-01. Structure
20000792000-03-20. Structure
19992241999-11-30. Structure
99V3100011999-11-03. STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT
19991571999-08-27. Structure
19991331999-06-30. Structure
19981821998-09-18. Structure
19971831997-10-22. Structure

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
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184062005-04-05. Service bulletin. SERVICE TIPS BEFORE ARC WELDING ON THE FRAME OR BODY OF A UNIT. *TT
021712004-08-05. Service bulletin. PAINT-PREMATURE CLEARCOAT CRACKING-SERVICE TIPS. *MJ
164232004-07-28. Service bulletin. SERVICING BODY SIDE MOLDING OR CLADDING / CONTACT REQUEST. *MJ
022322004-07-27. Service bulletin. FRAME MOUNTED FRONT BUMPER BRACKETS SERVICE KIT. *TT