{"nhtsa_id":608459,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1999-12-02","date":"1999-08-01","document_id":"996748","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT THE FOLLOWING CONCERNS IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE: THE SPEEDOMETER WILL NOT DISPLAY VEHICLE SPEED, THE ODOMETER DISPLAY IS ALL DASHES, THE MESSAGE CENTER DISPLAY FOR DISTANCE TO EMPTY OR AVERAGE SPEED IS ALL DASHES, THE OVERDRIVE CANCEL DISPLAY FLASHES, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT IS 'ON', THE CHECK TRACTION ASSIST WARNING IS 'ON' AND THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM WILL NOT ENGAGE. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/608459","components":[],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"TOWN CAR","year_from":1998,"year_to":1999,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1998_lincoln_town-car","1999_lincoln_town-car"]}],"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":[]}