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Ford Contour 1998–1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 12917 · NHTSA communication 610746 · issued Jul 1, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Vehicle Speed Control
component
1998–1999
model years
6
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may exhibit a concern in activating the octaine adjust feature when using the module reconfiguration method. *tt

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.