Ford Contour 1999 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 99175 · NHTSA communication 607645 · issued Feb 23, 1999
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1999
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles may have no forward engagement movement occurring although reverse engagement may be possible due to overdrive / reverse ring gear assembly causing a wobble and side loading of the forward clutch snap ring retainer. *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.