Ford Mustang Cobra 1996–1999 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 8278 · NHTSA communication 613630 · issued Apr 1, 2000
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1996–1999
model years
8
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles equipped with manual transmission and with automatic transmission may exhibit a front end accessory drive (fead) belt that has become broken or frayed and / or detach from the engine. *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.