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Service bulletin 983113

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 id607409
Published by NHTSA1999-09-22
Manufacturer's number983113
Manufacturer's date1998-02-23
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN OVERHEAT CONDITON AND / OR A THERMOSTAT STUCK-CLOSED. *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

Engine, Cooling system, Radiator

Vehicles listed
FORD TAURUS1998
MERCURY SABLE1998

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
011162001-10-22. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT COOLING SYSTEM CONDITIONS SUCH CONTAMINATED / CORRODED COOLANT; LEAKING / DISCOLORED COOLANT OVERFLOW BOTTLES; VIBRATION FROM ENGINE; LEAKING HEATER CORE; COOLANT OVERFLOW; HIGH TEMPERATURE GAUGE READINGS, ETC. *TT
98531998-07-20. Service bulletin. COOLING SYSTEM CONCERNS SUCH AS: STUCK THERMOSTAT; VIBRATION OR THUMPING FROM ENGINE'; LEAKING RADIATOR OR HEATER CORE; COOLANT SMELL; ... ;LACK OF HEAT. *TT