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Mercury Cougar 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 4705 · NHTSA communication 615244 · issued Aug 1, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
1999
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may experience a concern of an intermittent no crank, no start by inadequate mating of connector c1936 or an under-torqued starter solenoid wire at c973a and c973b. *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.