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Service bulletins for the 1999 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.

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

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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
00612000-06-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. ISSUE OF A PERCEIVED LACK OF ENGINE BRAKING AND MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ILLUMINATED WITH A FALSE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P1138 STORED IN MEMORY MAY OCCUR ON SOME VEHICLES . *MJS
137702000-06-12. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. VEHICLES WITH 3.0L 2-VALVE VULCAN ENGINE HAVE REVISED ENGINE OIL INDICATOR (DIPSTICK) GRAPHICS. *MJS
79272000-06-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. REVISED ENGINE OIL INDICATOR (DIPSTICK) GRAPHICS. THE FULL LEVEL IS BETWEEN THE MIN AN MAX. IF THE OIL READING IS BETWEEN THE MARKINGS THE LEVEL IS ACCEPTABLE, DO NOT ADD OIL. IF THE OIL LEVEL IS BELOW THE MIN MARK ADD ENOUGH LIL TO RAISE THE LEVEL WITHIN THE MIN-MAX RANGE.
130192000-05-12. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES WITH 3.0L 2-VALVE ENGINES, BUILT PRIOR TO 4/12/1999 MAY EXHIBIT SPARK KNOCK. *TT
65762000-05-11. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SERVICE TIP INFORMATION REGARDING ENGINE OIL LEAK DIAGNOSIS. *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
991251999-08-20. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. INFORMATION PERTAINING TO LACK OF ENGINE BRAKING WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P1138 PRESENT DURING KEY ON ENGINE RUNNING (KOER). *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
58571999-06-04. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. VEHICLE EXHIBITING NO REVERSE OR INTERMITTENT NO REVERSE ENGAGEMENT DURING EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES. *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

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