{"nhtsa_id":613261,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-06-20","date":"1998-11-01","document_id":"985111","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES WITH NON-FUNCTIONAL WINDSHIELD WIPERS MAY REQUIRE WIPER MOTOR REPLACEMENT. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/613261","components":[{"id":"visibility","name":"Glass, wipers and mirrors","parent":null},{"id":"wiper","name":"Wipers and washers","parent":"visibility"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"THUNDERBIRD","year_from":1993,"year_to":1997,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1993_ford_thunderbird","1994_ford_thunderbird","1995_ford_thunderbird","1996_ford_thunderbird","1997_ford_thunderbird"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"COUGAR","year_from":1993,"year_to":1997,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1993_mercury_cougar","1994_mercury_cougar","1995_mercury_cougar","1996_mercury_cougar","1997_mercury_cougar"]}],"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":[]}