Ford Contour 1998 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 12229 · NHTSA communication 615490 · issued Dec 1, 1998
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Other
component
1998
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Brief information on tsb 97-26-7 (gauge - fuel - does not read below 1/4) applies only to certain vehicles built before 2/2/98 at kansas city assembly plant and 2/16/98 at cuautitlan assembly plant. *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.