{"nhtsa_id":605465,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1999-06-21","date":"1998-05-01","document_id":"98M01","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"PREMATURE FAILURE OF ENGINE HEAD GASKETS MAY OCCUR. THIS CONDITION MAY RESULT IN ENGINE COOLANT LEAKAGE, WHICH, IF NOT DETECTED OR IF IGNORED, WILL CAUSE ENGINE OVERHEATING, OR IN EXTREME CASES, COULD CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE IF OVERHEAT CONDITION IS IGNORED. *AK","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/605465","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"TAURUS","year_from":1994,"year_to":1995,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1994_ford_taurus","1995_ford_taurus"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"WINDSTAR","year_from":1995,"year_to":1995,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1995_ford_windstar"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"CONTINENTAL","year_from":1994,"year_to":1994,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1994_lincoln_continental"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"SABLE","year_from":1994,"year_to":1995,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1994_mercury_sable","1995_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":[]}