Ford Contour 1998–2000 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 13386 · NHTSA communication 609662 · issued Oct 1, 1999
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1998–2000
model years
12
vehicle entries
Official summary
Information on investigating hard start / no start conditions accompanied by overfueling in ambients below 32f/0c, on vehicles with vct equipped 2.0l zetec engines. *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.