{"nhtsa_id":51457,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1997-06-27","date":"1997-01-23","document_id":"BC3410972301","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"WATER LEAK AT THE RIGHT FRONT FLOOR ON VEHICLES, CHECK FOR A BROKEN COWL TOP INNER PANEL SHIELD. *JD","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/51457","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"TAURUS","year_from":1996,"year_to":1997,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_ford_taurus","1997_ford_taurus"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"SABLE","year_from":1996,"year_to":1997,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_mercury_sable","1997_mercury_sable"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}