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Service bulletin 982315

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 id603762
Published by NHTSA1999-03-04
Manufacturer's number982315
Manufacturer's date1998-11-23
NHTSA componentSTEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE

NHTSA's summary

CONCERNS OF THE PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM (PATS) MAY BE INOPERATIVE. *YC

The document

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Components

Steering

Vehicles listed
MERCURY COUGAR1999

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
0418142005-04-08. Service bulletin. STEERING COLUMN SHIPPED WITHOUT CRUSH PAD - REUSE ORIGINAL CRUSH PAD IF NOT DAMAGED. *TT
02462002-11-05. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT COMPLAINTS OF FALSE ALARM ACTIVATION OFTHE PERIMETER ANTI-THEFT ALARM OR BEING INOPERATIVE. *TT
52272001-01-13. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING VEHICLES EXHIBITING POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK AT THE HIGH PRESSURE LINE TO STEERING GEAR FITTING. *TT
127092000-11-09. Service bulletin. EXHIBITING ACTIVATION OF THE PERIMETER ALARM SYSTEM WHEN THE IGNITION KEY IS TURNED TO START OR RUN, BUT THE ENGINE WILL CRANK AND START NORMALLY. *TT
121762000-06-19. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK AT THE HIGH PRESSURE LINE TO STEERING GEAR FITTING. *MJS