# Service bulletin 9811257

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: 607862
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-10\-14
- Manufacturer's number: 9811257
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-01\-01
- NHTSA component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3RD ROW MAP LIGHTS MAY EXHIBIT LOOSE FITTING LIGHTS. \*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

Lighting

## Vehicles listed

- 1998 FORD WINDSTAR

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [00V168000](/recalls/nhtsa/00V168000.md), 2000-06-19: EXTERIOR LIGHTING

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [02176](/bulletins/10008580.md), 2004-08-05, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH. LAMP\-BRAKE\-INVADVERTENT DISABLING OF BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. \*MJ
- [983292](/bulletins/607454.md), 1999-09-23, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3RD ROW MAP LIGHTS MAY EXHIBIT LOOSE FITTING LIGHTS. \*TT
- [99139](/bulletins/606508.md), 1999-08-26, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS. CONDITIONS WITH THE BRAKE LAMPS INADVERTENTLY DISABLING THE BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. \*TT
- [BC3274970207](/bulletins/51872.md), 1997-07-17, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. REPLACEMENT HEADLAMP BULBS \- SEVERAL AFTERMARKET COMPANIES ARE OFFERING REPLACEMENT BULBS WITH A HIGHER WATTAGE THAT ARE NOT DOT APPROVED \- SOLD WITH DISCLAIMER OF "FOR OFF\-ROAD USE ONLY" \- THE BULBS DRAW MORE CURRENT THAN THE OEM BULBS AND CAN RESULT IN ACTUATION OF THE SHOR CIRCUIT PROTECTION FEATURE. \*TW

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