{"nhtsa_id":615233,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-01-08","date":"1998-08-01","document_id":"4695","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES WITH MANUAL LOCKS BUILT BETWEEN 4/7/98 AND 7/17/98 MAY HAVE A CONCERN OF EXCESSIVE POWER DRAIN OR DEAD BATTERY. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/615233","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"battery","name":"12-volt battery","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"TAURUS","year_from":1998,"year_to":1998,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1998_ford_taurus"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"SABLE","year_from":1998,"year_to":1998,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1998_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":[]}