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Ford Contour 1995–2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 13761 · NHTSA communication 612789 · issued Jan 1, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1995–2000
model years
12
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles equipped with 2.0l engines may exhibit symptoms of clutch slippage or no clutch engagement after performinb repairs to the clutch system. *mjs

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.