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Ford Contour 1996technical service bulletin

Bulletin BC1024297230 · NHTSA communication 51610 · issued Jan 23, 1997

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Visibility
component
1996
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Vehicles may be equipped with 95 level heater cores. *jd

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.