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Ford Contour 1996–1998technical service bulletin

Bulletin 4619 · NHTSA communication 615157 · issued Aug 1, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown / Other
component
1996–1998
model years
25
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may exhibit malfunction indicator light on with evaporative diagnostic trouble codes p0442, p0455 set. *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.