{"nhtsa_id":635968,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2002-11-04","date":"2002-08-05","document_id":"02153","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 3.0L 4V DURATEC ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH A DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P1518, INTAKE MANIFOLD RUNNER CONTROL. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/635968","components":[],"codes":["P1518"],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"TAURUS","year_from":1996,"year_to":1999,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_ford_taurus","1997_ford_taurus","1998_ford_taurus","1999_ford_taurus"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"SABLE","year_from":1996,"year_to":1999,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_mercury_sable","1997_mercury_sable","1998_mercury_sable","1999_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":[]}