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Service bulletins for the 1997 Ford Windstar

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.

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

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Bulletins, newest first
991952000-03-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. SERVICE INFORMATION FOR MUSTY AND MILDEW TYPE ODORS COMING FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING / HEATING SYSTEM. *TT
991942000-03-06. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. INFORMATION FOR SERVICING AND DIAGNOSING BRAKE VIBRATION, BRAKE INSPECTION, AND BRAKE FRICTION MATERIAL REPLACEMENT. *TT
991842000-03-06. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AX4S TRANSAXLE, MAY EXHIBIT A HARSH 2-3 DOWNSHIFT MAY OCCUR WHEN COASTING AROUND A CORNER AND THEN ACCELERATING. *TT
991832000-03-06. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SERVICE TIP INFORMATION ON REVISED OIL PAN GASKET REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE. *TT
992222000-02-11. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. SUBJECT ON A WIRE HARNESS TERMINAL REPAIR KIT AVAILABLE FOR REPAIRING ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESSES. *TT
992072000-02-11. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. SUBJECT ON ENGINE COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE OIL ON SOME VEHICLES. *TT
99130731999-12-07. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. CLIMATE CONTROL IS INVESTIGATING CONCERNS OF BROKEN AND / OR BINDING BLEND DOORS. *TT
9967351999-12-01. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE AX4S TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A HARSH 3-2 DOWNSHIFT WHEN COASTING AROUND A CORNER AND THEN STEPPING INTO THE THROTTLE TO ACCELERATE AWAY FROM THE CORNER. *TT
9835811999-10-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT CONDITIONS OF EXHAUST DRONE AT 1700 RPM. *TT
98-03161999-10-07. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. CONCERNS WITH SLOW FUEL FILL, DISTORTED FUEL TANK, FUEL GAGE ERRATIC, FUEL ODOR. *TT
98113491999-09-24. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. VEHICLES WITH POWER DOOR LOCKS MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT OPERATION OR GRIND WHEN CYCLED. *TT
NHTSA 6074651999-09-23. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. CLIMATE CONTROL IS INVESTIGATING CONCERNS OF BROKEN AND OR BINDING BLEND DOORS ON SOME VEHICLES. *TT
9833031999-09-23. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. CONCERNS OF BROKEN AND OR BINDING BLEND DOOR. *TT
9831011999-09-22. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A NOISE WHILE TURNING OR BRAKING. *TT
9830941999-09-22. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. SOME VEHICLES WITH POWER DOOR LOCKS MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT OPERATION OR GRIND WHEN CYCLED. *TT
128081999-09-07. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT ABS (ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM) LOW SPEED FALSE ACTIVATION WITH NO DTC (DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE). *TT
63921999-09-03. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT ABS (ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM) LOW SPEED FALSE ACTIVATION WITH NO (DTC) DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE. *TT
991391999-08-26. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS. CONDITIONS WITH THE BRAKE LAMPS INADVERTENTLY DISABLING THE BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. *TT
991311999-08-25. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. CONCERNS WITH ENGINE COOLANT LEAKING INTO ENGINE OIL ON SOME VEHICLES. *TT
991291999-08-24. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. EXPERIENCING A WHINE / BUZZ TYPE NOISE IN THE SPEAKERS OF THE ENTERTAINMENT RADIO OR TWO-WAY RADIO ON VEHICLES WITH AN IN-TANK ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP. *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
BPI99041999-07-29. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). CONDITIONS WITH THE TRAC OFF LAMP ILLUMINATING INTERMITTENTLY AND THER MAY ALSO BE STORED TROUBLE CODES U1009 AND / OR U1027.
981271999-07-13. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. EXPERIENCING ACCELERATOR PEDAL "BUZZING" NOISE AND / OR EXHAUST "DRONING" NOISE AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 RPM WHLE DRIVING. *TT
981251999-07-13. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. VEHICLE MAY EXHIBIT A "WHISTLING" NOISE HEARD FROM THE A/C PLENUM. *TT
98141999-07-09. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR. SUBJECT REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF HUB-MOUNT BRAKE ROTOR MACHINING EQUIPMENT. *TT

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