Service bulletins for the 1986 Mercury Sable
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.
40 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
By type
By component
| 96246 | 1997-06-17. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. WIRING - ELECTRICAL DIODE IDENTIFICATION AND SERVICE REPLACEMENTS. *TW |
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| BC9683961001 | 1997-05-27. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. PROCEDURE FOR UPDATING THE CALIBRATION FROM R-11 TO R-12 FOR STALLING ON DECEL & MISFIRE CODES ON 3.0L VEHICLES. *TT |
| BC9584961001 | 1997-04-24. Service bulletin. STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. INFORMATION FOR CONCERNS OF GRUNT OR GROAN DURING WHEEL RETURN FROM FULL RIGHT TURN. *TT |
| 95212 | 1996-04-25. 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. |
| 95157 | 1996-04-25. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. THE TORQUE CONVERTER IDENTIFICATION CODES HAVE BEEN REVISED AS OF 3/1/95. *SD |
| BC8890950401 | 1995-11-01. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; SUSPENSION:REAR; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC; VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. UNKNOWN |
| 9592 | 1995-11-01. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR. UNKNOWN |
| 9566 | 1995-11-01. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR. CHIRP OR SQUEAK NOISE FROM BLOWER MOTOR AT LOW SPEEDS. *TW |
| 9562 | 1995-11-01. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC. ROUGHNESS CONCERN DURING BRAKE APPLICATION. *TW |
| 95511 | 1995-11-01. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR. CHIRP OR SQUEAK FROM BLOWER MOTOR. *TW |
| 9556 | 1995-11-01. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:REAR. PREMATURE WEAR ON INNER EDGES OF REAR TIRES MAY BE CAUSED BY REAR CAMBER AND TOE SETTINGS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN SPECIFICATION. *TW |
| 9523 | 1995-03-17. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. ERRATIC DISTANCE-TO-EMPTY AND FUEL GAUGE READINGS. *TW |
| 9511 | 1995-03-16. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT. PREMATURE WEAR ON THE INNER EDGES OF REAR TIRES. *TW |
| BC0270950103 | 1995-02-08. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOME AXOD CHAIN COVERS WERE OVERDRILLED IN THE OVERDRIVE SERVO APPLY CIRCUIT, CAUSING THE OVERDRIVE BAND TO BE APPLIED AT ALL TIMES. *TW |
| 94243 | 1995-01-06. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CLICKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT STRUTS. *TW |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.