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Service bulletin BC0303A97020

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 id51605
Published by NHTSA1997-06-27
Manufacturer's numberBC0303A97020
Manufacturer's date1997-02-01
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

NHTSA's summary

VIBRATION AT IDLE. *TW

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

Engine

Vehicles listed
FORD CONTOUR1995, 1996
MERCURY MYSTIQUE1995, 1996

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
00V3670002000-11-06. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
19972211997-12-11. Engine

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
031032003-09-17. Service bulletin. VEHICLES WITHOUT THE COOLANT LOCK-OFF MAY EXHIBIT A NO START CONDITION. *TT
012462002-04-18. Service bulletin. ENGINE OIL SYSTEM PRIMING PROCEDURES, SERVICE TIPS FOR REPORTS OF PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE. *TT
153902002-04-17. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND/OR EGR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES 332, P0401, P1407 (LACKOF EGR FLOW). *TT
02142002-04-11. Service bulletin. SOME ENGINE ASSEMBLIES WITH ALUMINUM CYLINDER HEADS REPAIRED IN-VEHILE HAVE BEEN FOUND TO LEAK COOLANT AND/OR OIL FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET AREA. *TT
01472001-05-30. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING ENGINE OIL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USE IN 2001 VEHICLES - SAE 5W-20 MOTOR OIL. *TT
143752001-04-18. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 2.5L DURATEC ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT AN ENGINE OVERHEAT CONDITION DUE TO LACK OF CIRCULATION OF COOLANT. *JB
00M132001-04-03. Service bulletin. OWNER NOTIFICATION PROGRAM REGARDING ADDITONAL COVERAGE FOR THE ENGINE COOLING FAN. *TT
118102001-01-12. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY ILLUMINATE THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT ON OR RUN ROUGH AFTER RECALL 97E61 IS PERFORMED. *TT
118082001-01-12. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY RUN ROUGH AND DISPLAY AN ILLUMINATED MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT ON AFTER RECALL 97E61 IS PERFORMED. *TT
99-47002000-11-02. Service bulletin. SOME 1995/1996 2.5LFORD, CONTOUR/ MERCURY, MYSTIQUE VEHICLES MAY RUN ROUGH AND DISPLAY AN ILLUMINATED MIL AFTER RECALL 97E61 IS PERFORMED. *AK