{"nhtsa_id":607211,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-12-21","date":"1998-09-01","document_id":"98-4803","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME 1996-1998 TAURUS/SABLE VEHICLES WITH 3.0L 4-V ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN OF MOAN NOISE AT IDLE.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/607211","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"TAURUS","year_from":1997,"year_to":1998,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1997_ford_taurus","1998_ford_taurus"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"SABLE","year_from":1997,"year_to":1998,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1997_mercury_sable","1998_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":[]}