{"nhtsa_id":636069,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2002-11-05","date":"2002-03-04","document_id":"0251","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH","mfr_system":null,"summary":"ON SOME VEHICLES, THERE MAY BE AN INADVERTENT STOP LAMP SWITCH ACTIVATION WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL NOT DEPRESSED. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/636069","components":[{"id":"lighting","name":"Lighting","parent":null},{"id":"brake-light","name":"Brake lights","parent":"lighting"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"TAURUS","year_from":2000,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_ford_taurus"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"SABLE","year_from":2000,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_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":[]}