Ford Contour 1996–1999 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 982514 · NHTSA communication 603652 · issued Dec 21, 1998
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1996–1999
model years
13
vehicle entries
Official summary
Concerns with the timing arrows/flags on the back of the camshaft sprocket (s) are mis-marked by as much as 30 degrees rotation. *yc
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.