Ford Contour 1998 — technical 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
Vehicles covered
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.