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Service bulletin 5747

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 id605203
Published by NHTSA1999-06-03
Manufacturer's number5747
Manufacturer's date1999-03-01
NHTSA componentEXTERIOR LIGHTING

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES WITH THE BULB FAILURE WARNING (LAMP-OUT WARNING) IN THE OPTIONAL OVERHED WARNING CONSOLE MAY ILLUMINATE IF AN INCORRECT BULB IS INSTALLED IN ANY EXTERIOR LAMP LOCATION. *TT

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
MERCURY COUGAR1999

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20010432001-02-06. Lights And Instruments
01V0320002001-02-06. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH

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
021762004-08-05. Service bulletin. LAMP-BRAKE-INVADVERTENT DISABLING OF BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. *MJ
156362002-04-19. Service bulletin. CONCERN WITH HEADLAMPS AND/OR INSTRUMENT PANEL LAMPS DIMMING SLIGHTLY AT IDLE. *TT
151832001-11-08. Service bulletin. INFORMATION REGARDING COUGAR HEADLAMP PARTING LINE, WHICH RESULTS FROM THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND CAN BE SEEN DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE TURN SIGNAL FUNCTION FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM. *YD
011622001-11-01. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO 22-SEP-2000, MAY EXHIBIT THE BRAKE LAMPS STAYING ON. *SLC
98-47402000-11-03. Service bulletin. COURTESY LIGHTS STAY ON AND/OR DOOR AJAR LAMP STAYS ON.
128021999-09-07. Service bulletin. EXPERIENCING HEADLAMP CONDENSATION. *TT
63871999-09-02. Service bulletin. INFORMATION REGARDING MINOR CONDENSATION VISIBLE IN THE HEADLAMPS. *TT
9913101999-08-26. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING EXCESS CONDENSATION IN THE HEADLAMPS ON SOME VEHICLES. *TT
991391999-08-26. Service bulletin. CONDITIONS WITH THE BRAKE LAMPS INADVERTENTLY DISABLING THE BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. *TT
982081999-03-02. Service bulletin. THE INTERIOR DOME LAMP AND / OR DOOR AJAR LAMP ( DOOR AJAR LAMP ONLY ON VEHICLES WITH AUXILIARY WARNING SYSTEM) REMAINS ILLUMINATED WITH THE DOORS CLOSED ON SOME VEHICLES. *YC