{"nhtsa_id":607418,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1999-09-22","date":"1999-09-22","document_id":"983162","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER","mfr_system":null,"summary":"CONCERNS WITH PAINT STAINS ON THE HOOD WHICH MAY BE CAUSED BY WINDSHIELD WASHER SOLVENT LEAKING FROM THE WINDSHIELD WASHER JETS WHILE DRIVING. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/607418","components":[{"id":"visibility","name":"Glass, wipers and mirrors","parent":null},{"id":"wiper","name":"Wipers and washers","parent":"visibility"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"ESCORT","year_from":1996,"year_to":1998,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_ford_escort","1997_ford_escort","1998_ford_escort"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"TRACER","year_from":1996,"year_to":1998,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_mercury_tracer","1997_mercury_tracer","1998_mercury_tracer"]}],"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":[]}