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Ford Contour 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 7311 · NHTSA communication 6090889 · issued Oct 1, 1999

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1999
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles with cd4e automatic transacle may exhibit an objectionable sulfur or rotten egg odor from the exhaust following aggressive driving. *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.