{"nhtsa_id":616871,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-03-14","date":"2000-12-01","document_id":"14533","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SIDE SEAT AIR BAGS MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT AIR BAG LAMP ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTC) U2017 AND / OR U2018 (SIDE CRASH SENSOR COMMUNICATIONS ERROR) STORED IN MEMORY. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/616871","components":[{"id":"air-bags","name":"Air bags","parent":null},{"id":"air-bag-module","name":"Air bag control module","parent":"air-bags"}],"codes":["U2017","U2018"],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"TAURUS","year_from":2000,"year_to":2001,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_ford_taurus","2001_ford_taurus"]},{"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":[]}