Service bulletins for the 1998 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.
236 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| 11507 | 2000-08-01. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. CUSTOMER CONCERN OF ERRATIC DOWNSHIFT. *TT |
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| 11505 | 2000-08-01. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT REAR DRUM BRAKES THAT DRAG OR WILL NOT RELEASE PROPERLY WHEN OPERATED IN WET CONDITIONS AND / OR BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES. *TT |
| 0072 | 2000-07-21. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. VEHICLES EXHIBITING A NOISY LIFTGATE OR SHEET METAL STREE CRACKS WHERE THE LIFT ASSEMBLY ATTACHES TO THE LIFTGATE. **MR |
| 0071 | 2000-07-21. Service bulletin. PARKING BRAKE. SOME VEHICLES IN CERTAIN OF DELIVERY FLEET SERVICE THAT REQUIRES VERY FREQUENT PARKING BRAKE APPLICATION MAY EXHIBIT A PARKING BRAKE ASSEMBLY THAT RATTLES OR FEELS LOOSE AT THE FLOOR PAN MOUNTING. **MR |
| 9811484 | 2000-07-11. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SOME HIGH MILEAGE VEHICLE MAY EXHIBIT A CUSTOMER CONCERN OF INOPERATIVE OVERDRIVE CANCEL LIGHT. *TT |
| 11474 | 2000-07-10. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:REAR. SOME MODEL YEAR VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CUSTOMER CONCERN OF REAR END NOISE OVER BUMPS. *TT |
| 9811472 | 2000-07-10. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CUSTOMER CONCERN OF VIBRATION ABOVE 45 MPH. *TT |
| 985137 | 2000-06-20. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A FRONT END GRIND / CRUNCH NOISE DURING A SLOW SPEED TURN. *TT |
| 12178 | 2000-06-19. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. INFORMATION REGARDING TSB 98-5A-12 (TRANSAXLE/TRANSMISSION/TRANSFER CASE-VEHICLES TOWED BEHIND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES-RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES) DOES NOT LIST TOWING INFORMATION FOR CERTAIN MODEL VEHICLES. *MJS |
| 985095 | 2000-06-19. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION OF CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND CONTINUOUS DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0446 (EVAP SYSTEM MALFUNCTION). *TT |
| 12174 | 2000-06-19. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HARD START/LONG CRANK, COLD START STALL, COLD ROUGH IDLE CONCERN. *MJS |
| 985086 | 2000-06-19. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CUSTOMER CONCERN DESCRIBED AS AN AIR CONDITIONER HISS NOISE. *TT |
| 985056 | 2000-06-19. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. REPEAT MESSAGE REGARDING PREMATURE LOW FUEL WARNING, SLOW FUEL FILL. *TT |
| 12169 | 2000-06-19. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A NGS ERROR MESSAGE AFTER NGS/SBTS PCM REPROGRAMMING. *MJS |
| 12114 | 2000-06-16. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A FRONT END GRIND/CRUNCH NOISE DURING A SLOW SPEED TURN. *MJS |
| 12099 | 2000-06-16. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. VEHICLES WITH THE AX4S TRANSAXLE HAVE AN INLINE TRANSMISSION COOLER BYPASS VALVE LOCATED IN THE COOLER LINE NEAR THE RADIATOR COOLER. *MJS |
| 5039 | 2000-06-16. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. A PCM REPROGRAMMING ERROR WILL OCCUR ON VEHICLES IF AN INCORRECT CALIBRATION QUALIFIER IS SELECTED. *TT |
| 985026 | 2000-06-16. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. SOME VEHICLES BUILT MAY 1, 1998 TO JULY 3, 1998 MAY HAVE A LOOSE OVERHEAD CONSOLE. *TT |
| 12076 | 2000-06-16. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION OF CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (MIL) ON AND CONTINUOUS DTC PO466 (EVAP SYSTEM MALFUNCTION). *MJS |
| 985020 | 2000-06-16. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER. SOME VEHICLES BUILT THROUGH 9/8/97 MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION OF MULTIPLE DIAGOSTIC TROUBLE CODES. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY BRAKE FLUID AND WATER CONTAMINATION OF CIRCUIT 361 AND CONNECTOR C102 UNDER THE MASTER CYLINDER. *AK |
| 985018 | 2000-06-16. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS. EXPERIENCNG A WHINE NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END ACCESSORY DRIVE (FEAD). *TT |
| 984993 | 2000-06-16. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES, WITH BUILD DATES ON / AFTER 9/8/97, MAY EXHIBIT A HARSH OR JERKY 3-2 TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFT UNDER CERTAIN LOW SPEED OPERATING CONDITIONS. *TT |
| 12065 | 2000-06-16. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. SOME VEHICLES BUILT MAY 1, 1998 TO JULY 3, 1998 MAY HAVE A LOOSE OVERHEAD CONSOLE. *MJS |
| 984989 | 2000-06-16. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON CONDITION WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P1450 DUE TO AN OBSTRUCTION IN THE CANISTER VENT HOSE. *TT |
| 13931 | 2000-06-14. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT THE METAL TABS ON THE LIFTGATE INNER PANEL THAT BOND TO THE OUTER SKIN SEPARATING AND CAUSING A RATTLE IN THE LIFTGATE. *TT |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.