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Service bulletins for the 1998 Ford Taurus

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.

196 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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121742000-06-19. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HARD START/LONG CRANK, COLD START STALL, COLD ROUGH IDLE CONCERN. *MJS
9850832000-06-19. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR. SOME VEHICLES (3.0L 4 VALVE ONLY) MAY EXHIBIT A CATALYTIC CONVERTER BUZZ OR RATTLE CONDITION ON A COLD START OR DURING A LOW RPM STEADY SPEED. *TT
120792000-06-16. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A BUZZ OR RATTLE CONDITION ON A COLD START OR DURING A LOW RPM STEAD SPEED. *MJS
66962000-05-11. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SUBJECT REGARDING FORD QUALITY RENEWAL (FQR) EXCHANGE PROGRAM. *TT
65672000-05-11. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SUBJECT REGARDING FORD QUALITY RENEWAL (FQR) ASSEMBLIES. *TT
131802000-03-21. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. INFORMATION REGARDING CAMSHAFT POSITION (CMP) SENSOR ALIGNMENT TOOL CHART. *MJS
69972000-03-14. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SOME SERVICE MANUALS MAY LIST THE INCORRECT CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR ALIGNMENT TOOL FOR VEHICLES WITH VARIOUS ENGINE SIZES. *TT
991832000-03-06. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SERVICE TIP INFORMATION ON REVISED OIL PAN GASKET REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE. *TT
9968741999-12-06. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SUBJECT PERTAINING TO THE SBDS RELATIVE CAM TIMING TEST WHICH HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY REMOVED FROM USE ON SOME VEHICLES DUE TO NOISE CONCERNS. *TT
98111561999-10-14. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN OVERHEAT CONDITION WITH POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE. *TT
9831131999-09-22. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN OVERHEAT CONDITON AND / OR A THERMOSTAT STUCK-CLOSED. *TT
64781999-09-07. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. INFORMATION ON THE AVAILABILITY OF FORD QUALITY RENEWAL 2.5L AND 3.0L 4V ENGINES. *TT
998161999-08-19. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. FORD MOTOR COMPANY NOW RECOMMENDS SAE 5W-30 VISCOSITY GRADE FOR SERVICING ANY FORD GASOLINE-POWERED VEHICLE REGARDLESS OF MODEL YEAR. *TT
125451999-06-07. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. INFORMATION ON DETERMINING ONBOARD VAPOR RECOVERY (ORVR) VS. NON-ORVR. *TT
55181999-06-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. INFORMATION ON SERVICING OIL PAN GASKET LEAKS. *TT
9823101999-03-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. MASS AIR FLOW (MAF)- SENSOR CONTAMINATION- SERVICE TIP. *AK
9820101999-03-02. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. EXPERIENCING A " BUZZING " OR " RATTLING " NOISE FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. *YC
9821121999-03-01. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES EXPERIENCE A HARD START/LONG CRANK TIME CONDITION. *YC
9825141999-03-01. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. CONCERNS WITH THE TIMING ARROWS/FLAGS ON THE BACK OF THE CAMSHAFT SPROCKET (S) ARE MIS-MARKED BY AS MUCH AS 30 DEGREES ROTATION. *YC
9825111999-03-01. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SERVICE TIPS ON COMPOSITE FUEL RAIL. *YC
9825231999-02-24. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SOME ENGINE VALVES MAY EXHIBIT A CUSTOMER CONCERN OF A MOAN NOISE AT IDLE. *AK
98741998-07-24. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. A NEW SILICONE GASKET AND SEALANT. *YC
98641998-07-21. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. INFORMATION ON A BUZZING OR RATTLE NOISE FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. *TT
98531998-07-20. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. COOLING SYSTEM CONCERNS SUCH AS: STUCK THERMOSTAT; VIBRATION OR THUMPING FROM ENGINE'; LEAKING RADIATOR OR HEATER CORE; COOLANT SMELL; ... ;LACK OF HEAT. *TT

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.