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Mercury Cougar 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 9912688 · NHTSA communication 609020 · issued Aug 1, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
1999
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Concerns with air coming from the instrument panel vents when floor, defrost, or floor / defrost is slected on vehicles built after 10/19/98. *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.