# Service bulletin BC0043970201

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: 51017
- Published by NHTSA: 1997\-06\-27
- Manufacturer's number: BC0043970201
- Manufacturer's date: 1997\-01\-02
- NHTSA component: INTERIOR LIGHTING

## NHTSA's summary

ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING INCIDENTS OF LOW COOLANT LIGHT ILLUMINATION ON 2.5L CONTOUR/MYSTIQUES. \*JD

## 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

Lighting

## Vehicles listed

- 1995 to 1997 FORD CONTOUR
- 1995 to 1997 MERCURY MYSTIQUE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [1999094](/recalls/tc/1999094.md), 1999-05-19: Lights And Instruments
- [99V103000](/recalls/nhtsa/99V103000.md), 1999-05-05: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [02176](/bulletins/10008580.md), 2004-08-05, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH. LAMP\-BRAKE\-INVADVERTENT DISABLING OF BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. \*MJ
- [15636](/bulletins/630685.md), 2002-04-19, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING. CONCERN WITH HEADLAMPS AND/OR INSTRUMENT PANEL LAMPS DIMMING SLIGHTLY AT IDLE. \*TT
- [14775](/bulletins/619489.md), 2001-06-01, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH DAYTIME RUNNING LAMPS \(DRL\) MAY EXHIBIT THE HIGH BEAM INDICATOR IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FLASHING WHEN THE DAYTIME RUNNING LAMPS ARE ON. \*TT
- [983311](/bulletins/607475.md), 1999-09-23, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING. EXHIBITING A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT \(MIL\) ON WITH VARIOUS CODES AND POSSIBLE DRIVEABILITY CONCERNS. \*TT
- [99139](/bulletins/606508.md), 1999-08-26, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS. CONDITIONS WITH THE BRAKE LAMPS INADVERTENTLY DISABLING THE BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. \*TT
- [BC3274970207](/bulletins/51872.md), 1997-07-17, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. REPLACEMENT HEADLAMP BULBS \- SEVERAL AFTERMARKET COMPANIES ARE OFFERING REPLACEMENT BULBS WITH A HIGHER WATTAGE THAT ARE NOT DOT APPROVED \- SOLD WITH DISCLAIMER OF "FOR OFF\-ROAD USE ONLY" \- THE BULBS DRAW MORE CURRENT THAN THE OEM BULBS AND CAN RESULT IN ACTUATION OF THE SHOR CIRCUIT PROTECTION FEATURE. \*TW
- [BC0043972301](/bulletins/51394.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: INTERIOR LIGHTING. LOW COOLANT LIGHT ILLUMINATION ON 2.5L VEHICLES. \*JD
- [BC0100960102](/bulletins/46425.md), 1996-04-25, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH. DISCHARGED BATTERY OR BRAKE LIGHTS STUCK ON MAY BE CAUSED BY A MAL\- ADJUSTED BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH.

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