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Mercury Cougar 1999–2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 14971 · NHTSA communication 622767 · issued Jun 1, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Other
component
1999–2001
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles built through 02-01-2001 may exhibit the fuel level indicator intermittently dropping to empty withfuel in the tank. *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.