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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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02142002-04-11. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME ENGINE ASSEMBLIES WITH ALUMINUM CYLINDER HEADS REPAIRED IN-VEHILE HAVE BEEN FOUND TO LEAK COOLANT AND/OR OIL FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET AREA. *TT
012052002-02-26. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT VACUUM OR AIR LEAKS IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND / OR ENGINE SYSTEM CAUSING DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0171 AND OR P0174. *TT
0121132002-02-22. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH. SOME IGNITION SWITCH LOCK CYLINDER ASSEMBLIES MAY EXHIBIT ROUGNESS AND / OR EXCESS EFFORT IN TURNING, KEY DOES NOT FULLY RETURN FROM START, A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP MAY ILLUMINATE WITH P0500, P1502 AND U1039 STORED IN POWERTRIAN CONTROL MODULE (PCM). *TT
011812001-11-30. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH. BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK.*JB
011572001-10-31. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. INFORMATION REGARDING TRANSMISSION FLUID USAGE CHARTS. *SLC
011562001-10-31. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT HEATER CORE LEAKS. *SLC
011242001-10-22. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ON SOME VEHICLES, ENGINE OIL MAY CONTINUE TO LEAK FROM THE ENGINE OIL PAN GASKET AREA AFTER AN ENGINE OIL PAN GASKET REPAIR HAS BEEN PERFORMED. *TT
011162001-10-22. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT COOLING SYSTEM CONDITIONS SUCH CONTAMINATED / CORRODED COOLANT; LEAKING / DISCOLORED COOLANT OVERFLOW BOTTLES; VIBRATION FROM ENGINE; LEAKING HEATER CORE; COOLANT OVERFLOW; HIGH TEMPERATURE GAUGE READINGS, ETC. *TT
150592001-09-06. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. CONCERNS WITH VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A AX4N / 4F50N TRANSAXLE EXHIBITING A SHUDDER DURING A 3-4 SHIFT. *TT
143552001-08-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. EXHIBITING AN OIL LEAK FROM THE ENGINE OIL PAN. *TT
142202001-08-07. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. INFORMATION USED TO SERVICE AX4N TRANSAXLE EQUIPPED VEHICLES EXHIBITING SHUDDER DURING 3-4 SHIFT. *TT
138022001-07-23. Service bulletin. INTERIOR LIGHTING. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT LOSS OF INTEGRATED CONTROL PANEL (ICP) ILLUMINATION. AUDIO AND CLIMATE CONTROLS CONTINUE TO OPERATE DURING THE ICP'S LOSS OF ILLUMINATION CONDITION. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY A FAULTY INTERNAL RIBBON CABLE CONNECTION IN THE ICP. *TT
01472001-05-30. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SUBJECT REGARDING ENGINE OIL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USE IN 2001 VEHICLES - SAE 5W-20 MOTOR OIL. *TT
148562001-05-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES EQUPPED WITH 3.0L 2V VULCAN OR 4V DURATEC ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT AN EXHAUST RUST-THRU, WELD FATIGUE CONDITION BETWEEN THE TWO TOEBOARD CATALYSTS WHERE A TIE-IN BRACKET IS WELDED TO THE FORMED INLET PIPE OF THE REAR BANK TOEBOARD CATALYST. *TT
01622001-05-22. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM (PATS) MAY NOT START OR CRANK. *TT
00E112001-05-16. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). SERVICE ACTION 00E11, SUPPLEMENT #1 - UPDATE INFORMATION REGARDING ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM UPGRADE. *TT
143552001-04-18. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. INFORMATION PERTAINING TO DURATEC OIL PAN INVESTIGATION. *JB
001912001-04-17. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A SEPARATION BETWEEN LAYERS OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. *JB
002032001-04-16. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. A SEPARATION BETWEEN LAYERS OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.*JB
145842001-04-02. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SUBJECT REGARDING FLEX FUEL VECHICLE OIL AND FUEL RECOMMENDATIONS. *JB
002632001-03-13. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A POWER WINDOW THAT WILL NOT OPERATE DOWNWARD BECAUSE IT'S STUCK / BOUND TO THE WEATHERSHIP HEADER. *TT
00E112001-03-13. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. SERVICE ACTION BULLETIN REGARDING ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM UPGRADE. *TT
9803212001-02-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. PATS KEY PROGRAMMING. *AK
0903082001-02-06. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. MIL LIGHT ON WITH EVAPORATIVE DTC P0442, P0455
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

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