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Service bulletin 13931

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 id612927
Published by NHTSA2000-06-14
Manufacturer's number13931
Manufacturer's date2000-03-01
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT THE METAL TABS ON THE LIFTGATE INNER PANEL THAT BOND TO THE OUTER SKIN SEPARATING AND CAUSING A RATTLE IN THE LIFTGATE. *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
FORD WINDSTAR1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20154372015-09-29. Structure
19971831997-10-22. Structure
97V1800001997-10-20. STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD
19960841996-06-06. Structure

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
16-00652020-12-07. Service bulletin. For 1999-2003 Windstar vehicles Safety Recall 11S16 has been issued for vehicles that are operated in high corrosion areas for an extended period, where a front subframe lower control arm (LCA) rear attaching flange or rear body mount could separate from the vehicle subframe. Separation of one LCA attachment or both rear body mounts may result in a loss of vehicle directional control, increasing the risk of a crash.
99-8-152001-01-05. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING DOOR TRIM PANEL REPLACEMENT - SERVICE TIP. *TT
132942000-11-27. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A RATTLE NOISE FROM THE LIFTGATE AREA. *TT
142222000-09-21. Service bulletin. CONCERNS WITH SUBFRAME CLUNK ON ACCELERATION / DECELERATION FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE. *TT
00722000-07-21. Service bulletin. VEHICLES EXHIBITING A NOISY LIFTGATE OR SHEET METAL STREE CRACKS WHERE THE LIFT ASSEMBLY ATTACHES TO THE LIFTGATE. **MR
9850262000-06-16. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES BUILT MAY 1, 1998 TO JULY 3, 1998 MAY HAVE A LOOSE OVERHEAD CONSOLE. *TT
120652000-06-16. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES BUILT MAY 1, 1998 TO JULY 3, 1998 MAY HAVE A LOOSE OVERHEAD CONSOLE. *MJS
137872000-06-12. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT NOISY LIFTGATE OR SHEET METAL STRESS WHERE THE LIFT ASSEMBLY ATTACHED TO THE LIFTGATE. *MJS
82492000-06-12. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT THE METAL TABS ON THE LIFTGATE INNER PANEL THAT BOND TO THE OUTER SKIN SEPARATING AND CAUSING A RATTLE IN THE LIFTGATE. *TT
981632000-03-31. Service bulletin. LOCKS FAILED. YD