{"nhtsa_id":51869,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1997-07-17","date":"1997-02-07","document_id":"BC3271970207","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A FLUTTERING NOISE, WHEN IN FLOOR MODE, DUE TO THE FLOOR/DEFROST DOOR SEPARATING FROM THE MYLAR BACKING. *TW","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/51869","components":[{"id":"visibility","name":"Glass, wipers and mirrors","parent":null},{"id":"hvac","name":"Heating and air conditioning","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"TAURUS","year_from":1996,"year_to":1996,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_ford_taurus"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"CONTINENTAL","year_from":1996,"year_to":1996,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_lincoln_continental"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"SABLE","year_from":1996,"year_to":1996,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_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":[]}