Mercury Cougar 1999 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 12588 · NHTSA communication 605313 · issued Mar 1, 1999
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
component
1999
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Vehicles may exhibit a grinding / groaning noise from the front brakes during stop-and-go driving. *tt
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.