{"nhtsa_id":615214,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-01-05","date":"1998-08-01","document_id":"4675","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HARD / NO START CONCERN WHEN PARKED IN A STEEP NOSE-UP POSITION WITH LESS THAN 1/4 TANK OF FUEL AND FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/615214","components":[{"id":"fuel-system","name":"Fuel system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"TAURUS","year_from":1996,"year_to":1996,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_ford_taurus"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"SABLE","year_from":1996,"year_to":1996,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_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":[]}