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Service bulletin 12224

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 id615485
Published by NHTSA2001-01-17
Manufacturer's number12224
Manufacturer's date1998-12-01
NHTSA componentSEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST

NHTSA's summary

FOR ALL VEHICLES WITH DRIVERS SEAT MODULE CONCERNS THAT REQUIRE A MODULE REPLACEMENT, THE TECHNICIAN 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

Seats

Vehicles listed
LINCOLN CONTINENTAL1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
LINCOLN TOWN CAR1996, 1997, 1998, 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
19970091997-01-21. Seats And Restraints

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
99481999-05-12. Service bulletin. CONCERNS WITH THE TRIM COVER ON BACK OF FRONT SEATS BECOMING DISLODGED. *TT
97511997-07-17. Service bulletin. INTERIOR- LEATHER SEAT CLEANING PROCEDURE- SERVICE TIP. *JD
BC02489601021996-04-25. Service bulletin. TEMP. LOSS OF MEMORY SEAT SETTINGS, MEMORY MIRROR SETTINGS OR INTERMITTENT OPERATION OF EASY ENTRY/EXIT SYSTEM MAY BE FROM REGULATOR RESET ISSUE IN DRIVERS SEAT MODULE (DSM). REPLACE DSM W/ SERVICE PARTS DATE CODED 11/13/95 OR LATER ON TOWN CAR, 11/15/95 OR LATER ON CROWN VIC/ GRAND MARQUIS & 11/17/95 OR LATER ON CONTINENTAL. DATE CODE IS ON WHITE LABEL ON MODULE IN YEAR, MONTH, DAY FORMAT (951113). GOOD PARTS CAN BE FOUND BY A BLUE STICKER NEAR DATE CODE.