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Service bulletins for the 1998 Lincoln Town Car

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.

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

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128162000-11-17. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. CONCERNS WITH HOT AIR FROM SIDE DEMISTER DUCTS. *TT
130652000-11-15. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT POOR A/C PERFORMANCE AND / OR A POP / CLICK NOISE IN MAX A/C. *TT
130572000-11-15. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. CONCERNS WITH CELLULAR PHONES NOT RINGING WHEN RECEIVING CALLS. *TT
130312000-11-15. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). SUBJECT REGARDING JUNT-IN-TIME PCM REPROGRAM. *TT
125572000-11-15. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT VARIOUS CLUSTER CONCERNS SUCH AS ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK TRACTION ASSIST LAMP, SPEEDOMETER READS O; DIGITAL ODOMETER READS ALL DASHES; MESSAGE CENTER DISPLAY FOR DTE / GTE READS FOR LOSS OF SPEED SINGLE TO THE HEC, PCM AND SPEED CONTROL. *TT
127142000-11-09. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS. SOME VEHICLES MAY DEVELOP COSMETIC CRACKS IN THE FRAME AT THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM ACCESS OPENING WHEN OPERATED UNDER SEVERE DUTY CONDITIONS. *TT
127042000-11-09. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). SUBJECT REGARDING ALL VEHICLES REQUIRES A PARAMETER RESET TO BE PERFORMED ON THE PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM MODULE (PATS / VIC / HEC) WHEN THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) IS REPLACED. *TT
60352000-11-07. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH TEVES FOUR WHEEL ANTI-LOCK BRAKES (4WABS) MAY EXHIBIT A YELLOW ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH NO DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES IN MEMORY. *TT
67282000-11-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A BANG POPPING NOISE HEARD FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM DURING COOL-DOWN. *TT
127432000-11-03. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. EXHIBITING MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTC(S) PO351 AND / OR P0356 (COIL PRIMARY CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION). *TT
63292000-11-03. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM. THIS BULLETIN ADDRESSES TWO DESIGN CHANGES MADE TO ENHANCE THE WINDSHIELD AND SIDE WINDOW DEFOG / DEFROST PERFORMANCE. *TT
62182000-11-03. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:REAR. CONDITIONS WITH COSMETIC CRACKS IN THE FRAME AT THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM ACCESS OPENING. *TT
99-61932000-11-03. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. INFORMATION ON RESETTING THE PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM (PATS). *TT
141812000-09-20. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. CONCERNS WITH FUEL TANK THUMP. *TT
115302000-08-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. WHEN DIAGNOSING CRANK / NO START ON CERTAIN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT (PATS) CHECK THE CUSTOMERS KEY RING FOR ANY MAGNETIC OBJECTS LIKE THE MOBILE SPEEDPASS KEY WHICH MAY AFFECT THE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION BETWEEN THE PATS KEY AND THE VEHICLE TRANSCEIVER. *TT
83002000-07-26. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A BANG / POPPING NOISE HEARD FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM DURING COOL-DOWN. **MR
82692000-07-26. Service bulletin. STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE. INFORMATION REGARDING PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM (PATS) TRANSCEIVER WIRING MAY BE BROKEN DUE TO IMPROPER WIRE ROUTING AND / OR A MISPLACEMENT OF THE CONNECTOR NEAR THE BASE OF THE STEERING COLUMN. **MR
114822000-07-10. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. FOR CERTAIN MODEL VEHICLES, THE 4R70W TRANSMISSION SOLENOID MOLDED LEADFRAME MUST BE REPLACED WHEN REMOVED. *TT
98114802000-07-10. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. CLIMATE CONTROL IS INVESTIGATING CONCERNS OF BROKEN BLEND DOORS ON SOME VEHICLES. *TT
9851432000-06-20. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES WITH 4R70W TRANSMISSIONS BUILT FROM 4/16/98 THROUGH THE END OF THE 1998 MODEL YEAR MAY EXHIBIT A LEAK FROM THE VENT AREA OF THE TRANSMISSION. *TT
9851072000-06-20. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. CERTAIN VEHICLES WILL NOT START WITH A PROGRAMMED PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT (PATS) KEY FOR 20 SECONDS AFTER AN ATTEMPT TO START WITH A NON-PROGRAMMED PATS KEY. *TT
9850992000-06-20. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. ON SOME VEHICLES, THE FUEL GAUGES MAY STICK AT FULL OR APPROXIMATELY 3/4 FULL. *TT
9850962000-06-20. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY APPEAR TO SIT HIGH IN THE REAR WHEN THE IGNITION IS FIRST TURNED ON DURING THE FIRST 200 MILES (320 KM) OF VEHICLE OPERATION. *TT
121782000-06-19. 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
121742000-06-19. 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

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