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Mercury Cougar 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 12090 · NHTSA communication 613070 · issued Nov 1, 1998

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

Official summary

Vehicle with auxiliary warning system will illuminate the service interval light after approximately 4800 miles (7700 km) or 358 days to indiocate that routime maintenance should be performed. *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.