Ford Contour 2000 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 8195 · NHTSA communication 612409 · issued Feb 1, 2000
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
2000
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles built on december 13, 1999, at kansas city assembly plant may exhibit a creaking or grunting type noise from the rear suspension. *tt
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.