# Service bulletin 983496

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 607811
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-11\-03
- Manufacturer's number: 983496
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-01\-16
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT B1522 OR GEM "HOOD SW" PID CONCERNS. \*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

- 1996 to 1998 FORD TAURUS
- 1996 to 1998 MERCURY SABLE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [1996084](/recalls/tc/1996084.md), 1996-06-06: Structure

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [99\-8\-15](/bulletins/606419.md), 2001-01-05, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. SUBJECT REGARDING DOOR TRIM PANEL REPLACEMENT \- SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [13381](/bulletins/6092180.md), 2000-11-27, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. SUBJECT REGARDING SERVICE TIP FOR SUN VISOR BRACKET BREAKAGE. \*TT
- [98164](/bulletins/609732.md), 2000-04-07, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. A TRANSEAL COATING IS ON THE FRONT AND REAR BUMPERS. THIS COATING MUST BE REMOVED BEFORE DELIVERY TO THE CUSTOMER. YD
- [7306](/bulletins/6090880.md), 2000-03-31, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. SERVICE TIP FOR VEHICLES BUILT 11/1/1997 \- 2/15/1999 WITH SINGLE ILLUMINATED VANITY MIRROR SUN VISORS ONLY, MAY EXHIBIT A BROKEN SUNVISOR STOWAGE BRACKET. \*TT
- [98163](/bulletins/6090873.md), 2000-03-31, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. LOCKS FAILED. YD
- [99242](/bulletins/6090184.md), 2000-03-09, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. INFORMATION ON REPLACING AND / OR REPAIRING MALFUNCTIONING \(DOOR, IGNITION AND DECKLID\) LOCKS. \*TT
- [98203](/bulletins/604389.md), 1999-04-28, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE:BODY. CONCERNS WITH THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF ADHESIVES USED FOR BODY PANEL REPAIRS. \*TT
- [982323](/bulletins/603930.md), 1999-03-11, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. INFORMATION REGARDING REPLACEMENT AND / OR REPAIRS ON ANY LOCK COMPONENT. \*YC
- [98203](/bulletins/603688.md), 1999-03-02, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. CONCERNS WITH ADHENSIVES NOT RECOMMENDED FOR BODY PANEL REPAIRS. \*YC
- [9844](/bulletins/601263.md), 1998-07-15, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. SOME DIFFICULTY IN MATCHING THE TEXTURE OF THE OEM ANTI\-CHIP STONE ABRASION MATERIAL TO RPAIR MATERIALS WHEN SERVICING. \*YC

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