Ford Contour 1999 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 14596 · NHTSA communication 617972 · issued Jan 1, 2001
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1999
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
Exhibiting one or multiple studs break on exhaust flanges. *jb
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.