Ford Contour 1998 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 12304 · NHTSA communication 615549 · issued Dec 1, 1998
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1998
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2.0l equipped vehicles built before april 1, 1998 may exhibit a broken or leaking water pump. An improved water pump is now available. *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.