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Ford Contour 1998technical service bulletin

Bulletin 982687 · NHTSA communication 603577 · issued Apr 1, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1998
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Southeast michigan area dealers only engineering is investigating customer concerns of noise during cranking, or no crank on 1998 2.5l vehicles. *yc

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.