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Ford Contour 1998–1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 99105 · NHTSA communication 606480 · issued Jun 1, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
1998–1999
model years
7
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may exhibit a malfunction indicator lamp on and diagnostic trouble codes p1381 and / or p1383 stored in memory. The vehicle may also have a rough idle or reduced power condition, and / or may stall at an idle. *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.