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Mercury Cougar 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 9912702 · NHTSA communication 609025 · issued Aug 1, 1999

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

Official summary

Some 5-speed manual transmissions equipped vehicles built prior to march 15, 1999 may exhibit a 'grinding' noise from the front end when accelerating during a hard right hand turn. *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.