# Service bulletin 13812

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: 620272
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-07\-23
- Manufacturer's number: 13812
- Manufacturer's date: 2001\-03\-01
- NHTSA component: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

## NHTSA's summary

SOME FLEET CUSTOMERS MAY WANT TO DISABLE THE CHILD LOCK FEATURE ON THE SLIDING DOORS AND PREVENT IT FROM BEING ACCIDENTLY RE\-ACTIVATED. \*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

Latches and locks, Door latch

## Vehicles listed

- 1998 to 2001 FORD WINDSTAR

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [15824](/bulletins/637561.md), 2002-12-02, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A PARTIAL LATCH CONDITION WHEN USING THE POWER SLIDING DOORS FEATURE. \*TT
- [15722](/bulletins/636364.md), 2002-11-07, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN INOPERATIVE SLIDING DOOR LOCK. \*TT
- [8036](/bulletins/612229.md), 2000-06-07, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. SOME FLEET CUSTOMERS MAY WANT TO DISABLE THE CHILD LOCK FEATURE ON THE SLIDING DOORS AND PREVENT IT FROM BEING ACCIDENTLY RE\-ACTIVATED. \*TT

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