{"nhtsa_id":612440,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-06-08","date":"2000-02-01","document_id":"13845","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3.0L 2V ENGINE BUILT DURING JULY AND AUGUST 1997 MAY EXHIBIT A RANDOM MISFIRE CODE P0300. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY THE DRIVEN SPROCKET IN THE TRANSAXLE. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/612440","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"axle","name":"Axle","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":["P0300"],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"TAURUS","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"SABLE","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":[]}],"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":[]}