{"nhtsa_id":636378,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2002-11-07","date":"2002-03-01","document_id":"15741","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 3.9L 4V MAY EXHIBIT AN OIL LEAK FROM THE ENGINE OIL FILTER. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/636378","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"THUNDERBIRD","year_from":2002,"year_to":2002,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2002_ford_thunderbird"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"LS","year_from":2000,"year_to":2001,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_lincoln_ls","2001_lincoln_ls"]}],"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":[]}