# Service bulletin BC0183960102

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: 46442
- Published by NHTSA: 1996\-04\-25
- Manufacturer's number: BC0183960102
- Manufacturer's date: 1995\-12\-01
- NHTSA component: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR

## NHTSA's summary

OPEN FUSE 30 MAY BE CAUSED BY INTERFERENCE BETWEEN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FLEX CIRCUIT \& THE LH SIDE STEERING COLUMN RETAINING BOLT. IF DAMAGE IS PRESENT, REMOVE THE LH STEERING COLUMN RETAINING BOLT \& INSTALL A 1.5MM \(1/16 INCH\) WASHER \(PROCURE LOCALLY\) UNDER THE HEAD TO PREVENT REPEAT DAMAGE.

## 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, Steering column and wheel

## Vehicles listed

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

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [12075](/bulletins/613051.md), 2000-06-16, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO 6/16/98 MAY HAVE A BROKEN/DETACHED IP CLUSTR BEZEL GAPHIDER. THE HIDER IS A HINGED FLAP BETWEEN THE STEERING COLUMN SHROUD AND THE IP BEZEL. \*MJS

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