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Service bulletin 15438

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 id630458
Published by NHTSA2002-04-17
Manufacturer's number15438
Manufacturer's date2001-11-01
NHTSA componentINTERIOR LIGHTING

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT INOPERATIVE/FLICKERING DOME LAMP, LAMP STAYING ON ALL THE TIME, COMING ON BY ITSELF, OR INOPERATIVE WITH ANY DOOR AJAR INPUTS TO THE DOME LAMP. *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 WINDSTAR1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

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

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