# Service bulletin 9811481

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: 613390
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-07\-10
- Manufacturer's number: 9811481
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-04\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3.0L 4\-VALVE ENGINES MAY EXHIBIT A CUSTOMER CONCERN OF A MOAN NOISE AT IDLE. \*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

Engine

## Vehicles listed

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

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [1996124](/recalls/tc/1996124.md), 1996-08-22: Engine

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [041601](/bulletins/10018745.md), 2006-01-13, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. WDS COP KIT DIAGNOSTIC TIP \- COIL ON PLUG \(COP\) IGNITION SYSTEMS \- ENGINE MISFIRE OR ROUGH RUNNING. \*TT
- [18614](/bulletins/10017916.md), 2005-12-07, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. SURGE, IDLE ROLL, ROUGH IDLE ONLY WHEN THE ENGINE COOLING FANS ARE OPERATING. \*TT
- [031404](/bulletins/10011162.md), 2005-01-06, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE MISFIRE OR RUNNING \- COIL ON PLUG \(COP\) IGNITION SYSTEMS \- WDS COP KIT DIAGNOSTIC TIPS. TO INCLUDE VARIOUS 2005 MODELS. \* AR THIS ARTICLE 04161 SUPERSEDES TSB 03\-14\-04.
- [02183](/bulletins/10008592.md), 2004-08-09, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. EXHAUST SYSTEM Y\-PIPE CRACK AT THE NOISE VIBRATION HARNESS BRACKET. \*MJ
- [02221](/bulletins/10008304.md), 2004-07-27, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE\-GEAR DRIVEN SYNCHRONIZERS\-INCORRECT INSTALLATION\-CAMSHAFT POSITION SYNCHRONIZER \(CMP\) INSTALLATION TOOL CORRECT APPLICATION. \*MJ
- [03144](/bulletins/10003744.md), 2003-10-29, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE MISFIRE OR ROUGH RUNNING CONDITION WITH COIL ON PLUG \(COP\) IGNITION SYSTEMS MAY BE MORE ACCURATELY DIAGNOSED USING THE OPTIONAL WORLDWIDE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM \(WDS\) COIL ON PLUG \(COP\) KIT. 2003 SUPER DUTY F SERIES INCLUDED. \*TT
- [03141](/bulletins/10003741.md), 2003-10-29, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. IN VEHICLE LOCTITE SERVICE PROCEDURE FOR CAMSHAFT TUBE AND GEAR. \*TT
- [870197](/bulletins/10000592.md), 2003-03-25, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. INCORRECTLY INSTALLED GEAR DRIVEN CAMSHAFT POSITION \(CMP\) SENSOR SYNCHRONIZER ASSEMBLIES CAUSING SURGE, LOST OF POWER, MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P1336, P1309 AND P0340. \*TT
- [15879](/bulletins/637741.md), 2002-12-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SOME SHO VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A TICKING NOISE ORIGINATING FROM THE VALVE COVER AREA. \*TT
- [01246](/bulletins/630515.md), 2002-04-18, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. ENGINE OIL SYSTEM PRIMING PROCEDURES, SERVICE TIPS FOR REPORTS OF PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE. \*TT

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