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Mercury Cougar 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 982315 · NHTSA communication 603762 · issued Nov 23, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
1999
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Concerns of the passive anti-theft system (pats) may be inoperative. *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.