Mercury Cougar 1999–2000 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 00256 · NHTSA communication 616823 · issued Dec 11, 2000
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
1999–2000
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles equipped with a v6 engine may exhibit a flickering condition of the headlamp, instrument cluster, radio, and interior lights during engine start-up and may continue during the first several minutes of engine idle. *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.