# Service bulletin BC0181960102

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 46440
- Published by NHTSA: 1996\-04\-25
- Manufacturer's number: BC0181960102
- Manufacturer's date: 1995\-12\-01
- NHTSA component: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY

## NHTSA's summary

FOR CONCERNS OF HARD START/NO START, START/STALLS OR HESITATION, MAKE SURE THE TANK CONTAINS FRESH 87 OCTANE FUEL FROM A HIGH VOLUME SERVICE STATION IN YOUR AREA. THIS CONCERN MAY BE CAUSED BY SUMMER BLEND FUELS WITH LOW RVP \(REID VAPOR PRESSURE\) WHICH DOES NOT VAPORIZE WELL IN COLD WEATHER.

## 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

Fuel system, Fuel tank

## Vehicles listed

- 1995 to 1996 FORD CONTOUR
- 1995 to 1996 MERCURY MYSTIQUE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [99V247000](/recalls/nhtsa/99V247000.md), 1999-09-13: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
- [95V232000](/recalls/nhtsa/95V232000.md), 1995-12-05: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
- [94V203000](/recalls/nhtsa/94V203000.md), 1994-10-18: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
- [94V184000](/recalls/nhtsa/94V184000.md), 1994-09-29: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [020503](/bulletins/636417.md), 2002-11-08, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. GUIDANCE FOR CNG TANK INSPECTION FOR VEHICLES PRODUCED AFTER DECEMBER 2, 1996. \*TT UPDATE. \*TT
- [0253](/bulletins/636042.md), 2002-11-04, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. SUBJECT REGARDING ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS TANK INSPECTION. \*TT
- [00152](/bulletins/618575.md), 2001-04-17, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. ADDRESSING CONCERNS OF VIBRATION NOISE FROM THE REAR OF VEHICLE AFTER INSTALLATION OF THE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS \(CNG\) TANK ON BI\-FUEL VEHICLES ONLY. \*JB
- [BC2632950503](/bulletins/40084.md), 1995-11-01, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT SLOW FUEL FILLING, FUEL GAUGE NOT REACHING FULL OR EARLY FUEL SHUTOFF. \*TW

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