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Service bulletins for the 1990 Ford Thunderbird

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.

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

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Bulletins, newest first
962491997-06-17. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. TORQUE CONVERTER - LEAK TEST PROCEDURE - SERVICE TIP. *TW
962461997-06-17. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. WIRING - ELECTRICAL DIODE IDENTIFICATION AND SERVICE REPLACEMENTS. *TW
952121996-04-25. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. THE USE OF PETROLEUM-BASED GREASE AS A LUBRICANT IN SERVICING DISC BRAKES IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE IT MAY BE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE RUBBER MATERIAL USED IN THE DISC BRAKE SYSTEM. IF PETROLEUM-BASED GREASE IS USED TO LUBRICATE ANY PART OF THE DISC BRAKE SYSTEM, IT COULD CAUSE RUBBER PARTS TO SWELL IF LUBRICANT CONTACTS THE RUBBER MATERIAL.
952031996-04-25. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. A 'GROANING' NOISE MAY COME FROM THE FRONT POWER WINDOWS AFTER THE GLASS IS POWERED FULL UP. THIS NOISE IS CAUSED BY IMPROPER LUBRICATION ON THE WINDOW REGULATOR MECHANISM SLIDING SURFACES. THE GREASE GETS WIPED OFF FROM SLIDING SURFACES DURING NORMAL OPERATION. APPLY TEFLON LUBRICANT (D2AZ-19590-A) TO THE WINDOW REGULATOR MECHANISM.
951531996-04-25. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. TEMPERATURE GAUGE - FLUCTUATING AND /OR INACCURATE HIGH READINGS. *SD
BC88999504011995-11-01. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:SHOES/LININGS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:SOLENOID. UNKNOWN
95821995-11-01. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. A REVISED SERVICE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR IS NOW AVAILABLE. *TW
95681995-11-01. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. REVISED OIL PAN GASKET. *TW
95621995-11-01. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC. ROUGHNESS CONCERN DURING BRAKE APPLICATION. *TW
95461995-11-01. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR. WIPER MOTOR REPLACEMENT - UPGRADED SERVICE KITS. *TW

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