Mercury Cougar 1999 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 14542 · NHTSA communication 617052 · issued Dec 1, 2000
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1999
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles may exhibit one or multiple threaded studs break on the exhaust flanges. This may be noted by a rattling noise, exhaust leak or a scraping noise when driving. *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.