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Ford Contour 1998technical service bulletin

Bulletin 98E04 · NHTSA communication 603098 · issued Nov 6, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
1998
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles built with rear fuel lines may allow fuel to seep and evaporate at the metal line to nylon tube joint at the rear of the vehicles near the fuel filter. *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.