{"nhtsa_id":602158,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1998-09-23","date":"1998-04-01","document_id":"980305","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"VEHICLES EXPERIENCING COOLANT ODOR, COOLANT OVERFLOW, HIGH OR FLUCTUATING TEMP GAUGE READINGS, BLOWN OR LEAKING HOSES, BLOWN HEAD GASKET, FAILED ENGINE, AND LACK OF HEAT. *YC","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/602158","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"cooling-system","name":"Cooling system","parent":"engine"}],"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":[]}