{"nhtsa_id":610925,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-05-18","date":"1999-11-01","document_id":"13547","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME OWNERS MAY COMMENT ABOUT THE FRONT DOOR LOCKS THAT SELF LOCK WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLES, WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CUSTOMER LOCKED OUT OF THE VEHICLE IF THE KEY IS LEFT IN THE VEHICLE. THIS CAN OCCUR WHEN THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE IS PULLED TO THE FULL OPEN POSITION AND THEN QUICKLY RELEASED, ALLOWING HANDLE TO SNAP BACK TO THE CLOSED POSITION. A REVISED DESIGN LOCK MECHANISM IS BEING DEVELOPED AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SERVICE EARLY IN 2000. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/610925","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"LS","year_from":2000,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_lincoln_ls"]}],"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":[]}