{"nhtsa_id":613628,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-07-26","date":"2000-04-01","document_id":"8269","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"INFORMATION REGARDING PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM (PATS) TRANSCEIVER WIRING MAY BE BROKEN DUE TO IMPROPER WIRE ROUTING AND / OR A MISPLACEMENT OF THE CONNECTOR NEAR THE BASE OF THE STEERING COLUMN. **MR","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/613628","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"TOWN CAR","year_from":1998,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1998_lincoln_town-car","1999_lincoln_town-car","2000_lincoln_town-car"]}],"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":[]}