Ford Contour 1995–1996 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin BC0181960102 · NHTSA communication 46440 · issued Dec 1, 1995
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
1995–1996
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
For concerns of hard start/no start, start/stalls or hesitation, make sure the tank contains fresh 87 octane fuel from a high volume service station in your area. This concern may be caused by summer blend fuels with low rvp (reid vapor pressure) which does not vaporize well in cold weather.
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.