{"nhtsa_id":606992,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-11-09","date":"1999-05-01","document_id":"6158","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE:BODY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SUBJECT REGARDING VEHICLES BUILT ON OR AFTER MARCH 26, 1999 WILL NO LONGER BE EQQUIPED WITH ROCK GUARD PAINT COATING ON THE ROCKER PANELS. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/606992","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"TAURUS","year_from":1999,"year_to":1999,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1999_ford_taurus"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"SABLE","year_from":1999,"year_to":1999,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1999_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":[]}