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Service bulletin 95164

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id45948
Published by NHTSA1996-04-25
Manufacturer's number95164
Manufacturer's date1995-08-01
NHTSA componentSTEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS

NHTSA's summary

STEERING- 'THUMP' ON HARD ACCELERATION OR WHILE TURNING - POWER STEERING RETURN HOSE CONTACTS CV BOOT CLIP-VEHICLES BUILT THROUGH 1/2/95. NOISE-ROTATIONAL 'THUMP' - POWER STEERING RETURN HOSE CONTACTS CV BOOT CLIP - VEHICLES BUILT THROUGH 1/2/95.*SD

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Steering, Power steering

Vehicles listed
FORD CONTOUR1995
MERCURY MYSTIQUE1995

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
BC10297970201997-07-17. Service bulletin. BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATION AND DECREASED POWER STEERING ASSIST MAY OCCUR WHEN THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN THROUGH DEEP PUDDLES. *JD