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Service bulletin 996040

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 id606955
Published by NHTSA1999-09-08
Manufacturer's number996040
Manufacturer's date1999-05-01
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE

NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT REGARDING ELECTRONIC CRASH SENSOR (ECS) MODULE LOCATION. *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

Air bags, Electrical system, Air bag control module, Wiring and fuses

Vehicles listed
FORD TAURUS1998, 1999
FORD TAURUS SHO1998, 1999 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
MERCURY SABLE1998, 1999

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
127182000-11-09. Service bulletin. ALL WAGONS BUILT ON OR AFTER 12/19/98 NOW HAVE THE LIFTGATE DOOR AJAR WIRING CONNECTED INTO THE LEFT REAR DOOR AJAR CIRCUIT. *TT
80162000-07-26. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT LOSS OF INTEGRATED CONTROL PANEL (ICP) ILLUMINATION. **MR**
134722000-05-16. Service bulletin. FOR VEHICLES THAT REQUIRE CONFIGURATION OF THE ELECTRONIC CRASH SENSOR MOUDLE TO SETTINGS OTHER THAN THE PRESET SETTINGS, THE CONFIGURATION INSTRUCTIONS WERE OMITTED FROM THE SHOP MANUAL. *TT
992222000-02-11. Service bulletin. SUBJECT ON A WIRE HARNESS TERMINAL REPAIR KIT AVAILABLE FOR REPAIRING ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESSES. *TT