Ford Contour 1998–1999 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 982114 · NHTSA communication 603677 · issued Nov 1, 1998
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
1998–1999
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
Condition with high effort ignition key insertion/ removal and /or key chimes sound with door open and ignition key removed. *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.