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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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Only bulletins with component: Throttle and cruise control are shown. Show all

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122572001-01-17. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES MAY INTERMITTENTLY EXHIBIT A MOMENTARY HIGH IDLE IN PARK OR NEUTRAL. THERE MAY BE AN INSUFFICIENT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HARNESS WIRES AND TERMINALS IN THE THROTTLE POSITION CONNECTOR. *TT
122512001-01-17. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES MAY INTERMITTENTLY EXHIBIT A MOMENTARY HIGH IDLE IN PARK OR NEUTRAL. THIS CONCERN MAY BE AN INSUFFICIENT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HARNESS WIRES AND TERMINALS IN THE THROTTLE POSITION CONNECTOR. *TT
53392001-01-16. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. CONCERNS WITH A MOMENTARY HIGH IDLE IN PARK OR NEUTRAL. *TT
52032001-01-13. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HARD START / LONG CRANK, COLD START STALL, COLD ROUGH IDLE CONCERN. *TT
98-47372000-11-03. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. ENGINE SPARK KNOCK ON ACCELERATION. *AK
9850842000-06-19. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. A CONDITION MAY EXIST WHERE REDUCED DECELERATION FEEL AND LESS ENGINE RPM REDUCTION AT CLOSED THROTTLE WITH THE VEHCLE MOVING; SPEED CONTROL NOT RESPONDING QUICKLY WHEN SWITCHED TO OFF OR DECEL MAY ALSO BE NOTED. *TT
121632000-06-19. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SLIGHT VIBRATION DURING ACCELERATION ONLY. *MJS
120662000-06-16. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES WERE CALIBRATED WITH INCREASED AIR FLOW AT CLOSED THROTTLE TO PREVENT TIP-IN BUMPS, A RESULT MAY BE REDUCED DECELERATION FEEL AND LESS ENGINE RPM REDUCTION AT CLOSED THROTTLE WITH THE VEHICLE MOVING. *MJS
00352000-06-07. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE HIGH IDLE. *MJS
66462000-05-11. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES WITH 3.0L 4-VALVE ENGINES BUILT BETWEEN 12/17/97 AND 6/30/99 MAY EXHIBIT A HARD START / LONG CRANK OR A ROUGH IDLE AFTER A COLD START. *TT
132502000-03-22. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. INFORMATION REGARDING SLIGHT VIBRATION UPON ACCELERATION. *MJS
9832211999-09-23. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. EXHIBITING A VIBRATION AT SPPEDS OF 45 MPH AND ABOVE WITH THE CRUISE ON.
991261999-08-20. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON WITH SPARK KNOCK; ROLLING IDLE; AND / OR MISFIRE CODES STORED IN MEMORY. *TT

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