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Service bulletin 12189

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 id613242
Published by NHTSA2000-06-19
Manufacturer's number12189
Manufacturer's date1998-11-01
NHTSA componentFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

NHTSA's summary

INFORMATION ON INSTALLATION A NEW FUEL PUMP , ENSURE THAT THE PUMP HAS PLASTIC SHEATHING OVER THE WIRES. *MJS

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

Fuel system, Fuel pump

Vehicles listed
FORD TAURUS1996, 1997, 1998
LINCOLN CONTINENTAL1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
MERCURY SABLE1996, 1997, 1998

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
52262001-01-13. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON INSTALLING A NEW FUEL PUMP ON CERTAIN VEHICLES. *TT
98181999-07-09. Service bulletin. FUEL PUMP REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE - SERVICE TIP. *TT
982511999-02-26. Service bulletin. CONCERNS OF A POSSIBLE CHAFING OF THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY WIRES RESULTING IN AN OPEN FUSE AND/OR INOPERABLE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY OR A NO START CONDITION. *YC
970105106361997-10-30. Service bulletin. VEHICLES EXHIBITING HARD/NO START CONDITION WHEN VEHICLES PARKED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME IN A NOSE-UP POSITION. *YC
BC10101970201997-06-27. Service bulletin. NOISY FUEL PUMPS ON 1996/97 VEHICLES. A REVISED FUEL PUMP HAS BEEN RELEASED WITH A MODIFIED MANIFOLD OUTLET TO REDUCE NOISE. *JD
BC01969702011997-06-27. Service bulletin. NOISY FUEL PUMPS ON 1996/1997 TAURUS/SABLE VEHICLES. REVISED FUEL PUMP TO ALEVIATE NOISE. *JD