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Service bulletin 12868

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 id6092027
Published by NHTSA2000-11-17
Manufacturer's number12868
Manufacturer's date1999-06-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:REAR

NHTSA's summary

SOME POLICE VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SAGGING REAR SUSPENSION WHEN VEHICLE IS LOADED WITH EQUIPMENT. *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

Suspension

Vehicles listed
FORD CROWN VICTORIA1998, 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
19982511998-12-22. Suspension
98V3220001998-12-16. SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT

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
04412004-08-04. Service bulletin. CRACKS IN THE REAR OF THE FRAME SIDE MEMBER BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER TRAILING ARM BRACKETS. *TT
011142001-04-03. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT VIBRATIONS FELT AT SPEEDS ABOVE 72 KM/H (45 MPH). *TT
99B092001-04-03. Service bulletin. SUBJECT PERTAINING TO COSMETIC CRACKS IN FRAME AT THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM ACCESS OPENING WHEN SUBJECTED TO SEVERE DUTY OPERATING CONDITIONS. *JB
00B602001-04-03. Service bulletin. ON SOME VEHICLES THE REAR SUSPENSION UPPER CONTROL ARM BRACKETS ON THE FRAME MAY DEVELOP MINOR CRACKS WHEN SUBJECTED TO SEVERE DUTY SERVICE. *JB
62182000-11-03. Service bulletin. CONDITIONS WITH COSMETIC CRACKS IN THE FRAME AT THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM ACCESS OPENING. *TT
9850792000-06-19. Service bulletin. SOME POLICE VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SAGGING REAR SUSPENSION WHEN VEHICLE IS LOADED WITH EQUIPMENT. *TT
120922000-06-16. Service bulletin. SOME POLICE VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SAGGING REAR SUSPENSION WHEN VEHICLE IS LOADED WITH EQUIPMENT. *MJS
9850172000-06-16. Service bulletin. EXPERIENCING A GRUNT OR SQUEAK NOISE FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN TURNING THE STEERING TO FULL LOCK, TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT. *TT
80602000-06-07. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SLIGHT STEERING DRIFT / WANDER CONDITION, USUALLY NOTED DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING. *TT
64591999-09-03. Service bulletin. EXPERIENCING A SAGGING REAR SUSPENSION WHEN VEHICLE IS LOADED WITH EQUIPMENT. *TT