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Service bulletin 15873

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 id637730
Published by NHTSA2002-12-04
Manufacturer's number15873
Manufacturer's date2002-05-01
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY

NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT REGARDING A WATER LEAK CONDITION AT THE COWL AREA OF THE VEHICLE. *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

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
FORD TAURUS2001, 2002
MERCURY SABLE2001, 2002

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

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