Ford Contour 1998–2002 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 041814 · NHTSA communication 10013115 · issued Jan 1, 2004
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
1998–2002
model years
10
vehicle entries
Official summary
Steering column shipped without crush pad - reuse original crush pad if not damaged. *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.