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Mercury Cougar 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 12082 · NHTSA communication 613062 · issued Nov 1, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
1999
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Information regarding some vehicles that may exhibit carpet pull out from under the sill plates or kick panels on either the driver or passenger side. *mjs

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.