{"nhtsa_id":615464,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-01-16","date":"1998-12-01","document_id":"12197","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES BUILT FROM 11/12/98 UNTIL 11/19/98 EQUIPPED WITH KEYLESS ENTRY AND PATS MAY EXHIBIT THE ALARM OPERATING PREMATURELY. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/615464","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":1999,"year_to":1999,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1999_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"MOUNTAINEER","year_from":1999,"year_to":1999,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1999_mercury_mountaineer"]}],"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":[]}