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Ford Contour 1999–2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 8054 · NHTSA communication 612265 · issued Feb 1, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Vehicle Speed Control
component
1999–2000
model years
6
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles equipped with a 2.5l engine and built after may 5, 1999 may exhibit an intermittent hard / no start, rough idle or hesitation after a hot soak of approximately 30 minutes. *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.