{"nhtsa_id":613211,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-06-19","date":"1998-11-01","document_id":"985083","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES (3.0L 4 VALVE ONLY) MAY EXHIBIT A CATALYTIC CONVERTER BUZZ OR RATTLE CONDITION ON A COLD START OR DURING A LOW RPM STEADY SPEED. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/613211","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null},{"id":"catalytic-converter","name":"Catalytic converter","parent":"exhaust-emissions"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"TAURUS","year_from":1996,"year_to":1999,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_ford_taurus","1997_ford_taurus","1998_ford_taurus","1999_ford_taurus"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"SABLE","year_from":1996,"year_to":1999,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_mercury_sable","1997_mercury_sable","1998_mercury_sable","1999_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":[]}