{"nhtsa_id":616822,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-03-13","date":"2000-12-11","document_id":"00255","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 3.0L 2-VALVE ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A SPARK KNOCK CONDITION ON HEAVY ACCELERATION WITH 87 OCTANE GASOLINE. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/616822","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"TAURUS","year_from":2000,"year_to":2001,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_ford_taurus","2001_ford_taurus"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"WINDSTAR","year_from":1999,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1999_ford_windstar","2000_ford_windstar"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"SABLE","year_from":2000,"year_to":2001,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_mercury_sable","2001_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":[]}