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Service bulletin 12219

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 id615480
Published by NHTSA2001-01-17
Manufacturer's number12219
Manufacturer's date1998-12-01
NHTSA componentEXTERIOR LIGHTING

NHTSA's summary

FOR ALL VEHICLES WITH LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE CONCERNS THAT REQUIRE A MODULE REPLACEMENT, THE TECHNICAN MUST CALL FOR APPROVAL BEFORE REMOVING AND / OR REPLACING THE MODULE. *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
FORD CROWN VICTORIA1996, 1997, 1998
LINCOLN CONTINENTAL1996, 1997, 1998
LINCOLN TOWN CAR1996, 1997, 1998
MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS1996, 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
19980501998-03-26. Lights And Instruments
98V0280001998-02-10. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
19960191996-01-29. Lights And Instruments
96V0090001996-01-23. EXTERIOR LIGHTING

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
021762004-08-05. Service bulletin. LAMP-BRAKE-INVADVERTENT DISABLING OF BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. *MJ
177572004-07-24. Service bulletin. INTERMITTENT RAPID FLASHING OF THE TURN SIGNALS. *TT
031932003-11-15. Service bulletin. EXCESSIVE MOISTURE IN THE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY. *TT
02972002-11-05. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES PRODUCED BEFORE 3/5/2002 MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT RAPID FLASHING OF THE TURN SIGNALS. *TT
012132002-02-22. Service bulletin. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT RAPID FLASHING OF THE TURN SIGNALS. *TT
98-48042000-12-28. Service bulletin. SOME 1995-1999 CROWN VICTORIA/GRAND MARQUIS/ CONTINENTAL, 1995-1997TOWN CAR AND 1997-1998 MARK VIII EQIPPED WITH REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY, MAY EXHIBIT CONCERNS WITH INTERIOR LIGHTS TURNING ON AND THEN OFF WHILE PARKED. *AK
139332000-06-13. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT YELLOWING OF THE HEADLAMPS. *TT
82572000-06-12. Service bulletin. BRIEF INFORMATION REGARDING VEHICLES THAT EXHIBIT YELLOWING OF THE HEADLAMPS. *TT
991391999-08-26. Service bulletin. CONDITIONS WITH THE BRAKE LAMPS INADVERTENTLY DISABLING THE BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. *TT
9823181999-03-04. Service bulletin. THE " CHECK TRACTION CONTROL " LAMP IN THE MESSAGE CENTER MAY ILLUMINATE ON SOME VEHICLES. *YC