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Service bulletin 99B09

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 id618046
Published by NHTSA2001-04-03
Manufacturer's number99B09
Manufacturer's date2001-01-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION

NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT PERTAINING TO COSMETIC CRACKS IN FRAME AT THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM ACCESS OPENING WHEN SUBJECTED TO SEVERE DUTY OPERATING CONDITIONS. *JB

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

Suspension

Vehicles listed
FORD CROWN VICTORIA1998, 1999, 2000
LINCOLN TOWN CAR1998, 1999, 2000

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19982511998-12-22. Suspension
98V3220001998-12-16. SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT

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
04412004-08-04. Service bulletin. CRACKS IN THE REAR OF THE FRAME SIDE MEMBER BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER TRAILING ARM BRACKETS. *TT
161022002-11-05. Service bulletin. SOME CNG VEHICLES, EQUIPPED WITH AN EXTENDED RANGE REAR TANK, MAY EXHIBIT A REAR RIDE HEIGHT THAT IS BELOW SPECIFICATION. *TT
011142001-04-03. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT VIBRATIONS FELT AT SPEEDS ABOVE 72 KM/H (45 MPH). *TT
00B602001-04-03. Service bulletin. ON SOME VEHICLES THE REAR SUSPENSION UPPER CONTROL ARM BRACKETS ON THE FRAME MAY DEVELOP MINOR CRACKS WHEN SUBJECTED TO SEVERE DUTY SERVICE. *JB
0026072001-04-03. Service bulletin. SOME POLICE INTERCEPTORS PRODUCED FROM 1/1/2000 THROUGH 8/14/2000 MAY HAVE REPEAT ISSUES WITH TIRE BALANCE. *JB
002672001-03-13. Service bulletin. SOME 2000 MODEL YEAR POLICE INTERCEPTORS PRODUCED FROM 1/1/2000 THROUGH 8/14/2000 MAY HAVE REPEAT ISSUES WITH TIRE BALANCE. *TT
002372001-03-01. Service bulletin. SOME 2000 MODEL YEAR POLICE INTERCEPTORS PRODUCED FROM JANUARY 2000 THROUGH MAY 2000 MAY HAVE REPEAT ISSUES WITH TIRE BALANCE. *TT
134502000-11-28. Service bulletin. FOR VEHICLES BUILT AFTER OCTOBER 20, 1999, THE REAR STABILIZER BAR IS NOT INSTALLED ON THE EXECUTIVE SERIES, SIGNATURE SERIES AND CARTIER SERIES. *TT
128682000-11-17. Service bulletin. SOME POLICE VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SAGGING REAR SUSPENSION WHEN VEHICLE IS LOADED WITH EQUIPMENT. *TT
62182000-11-03. Service bulletin. CONDITIONS WITH COSMETIC CRACKS IN THE FRAME AT THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM ACCESS OPENING. *TT