Ford Contour 1998–2002 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 15828 · NHTSA communication 637571 · issued Apr 1, 2002
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
1998–2002
model years
23
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles may exhibit diagnostic trouble code b1213, b1342, b1601, b2431. *tt
Vehicles covered
- 1998 Ford Contour
- 1999 Ford Contour
- 2000 Ford Contour
- 2001 Ford Escape
- 2002 Ford Escape
- 2000 Ford Focus
- 2001 Ford Focus
- 2002 Ford Focus
- 2000 Ford Taurus
- 2001 Ford Taurus
- 2002 Ford Taurus
- 2001 Ford Windstar
- 2002 Ford Windstar
- 1999 Mercury Cougar
- 2000 Mercury Cougar
- 2001 Mercury Cougar
- 2002 Mercury Cougar
- 1998 Mercury Mystique
- 1999 Mercury Mystique
- 2000 Mercury Mystique
- 2000 Mercury Sable
- 2001 Mercury Sable
- 2002 Mercury Sable
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.