{"nhtsa_id":612811,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-06-12","date":"2000-01-01","document_id":"13787","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT NOISY LIFTGATE OR SHEET METAL STRESS WHERE THE LIFT ASSEMBLY ATTACHED TO THE LIFTGATE. *MJS","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/612811","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"WINDSTAR","year_from":1998,"year_to":1998,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1998_ford_windstar"]}],"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":[]}