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Ford Contour 1996technical service bulletin

Bulletin 00133 · NHTSA communication 613864 · issued Jun 26, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
1996
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may exhibit a false high spark advance readings when using a new generator star (ngs) tester. *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.