{"nhtsa_id":612897,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-06-13","date":"2000-03-01","document_id":"00M09","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":"98M01","component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE PREMATURE HEAD GASKET(S) FAILURE, WHICH MAY RESULT IN ENGINE COOLANT LEAKAGE, WHICH IF NOT DETECTED, CAN CAUSE ENGINE OVERHEATING. *MJS","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/612897","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"TAURUS","year_from":1994,"year_to":1995,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1994_ford_taurus","1995_ford_taurus"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"WINDSTAR","year_from":1995,"year_to":1995,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1995_ford_windstar"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"CONTINENTAL","year_from":1994,"year_to":1994,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1994_lincoln_continental"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"SABLE","year_from":1994,"year_to":1995,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1994_mercury_sable","1995_mercury_sable"]}],"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":[]}