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Ford Mustang Cobra 1996–1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 13950 · NHTSA communication 620287 · issued Mar 1, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
1996–1999
model years
8
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles with manual transmission or 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

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.