Mercury Cougar 1999–2000 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 13975 · NHTSA communication 612943 · issued Mar 1, 2000
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1999–2000
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Vehicles with 2.5l engine and built after may 25, 1999 may exhibit an intermittent hard / no start, rough idle or hesitation after a hot soak of approximately 30 minutes. *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.