# Service bulletin 12880

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: 606913
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-09\-07
- Manufacturer's number: 12880
- Manufacturer's date: 1999\-06\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

## NHTSA's summary

EXPERIENCING SLIGHT ENGINE RPM FLARE ON A 2\-3 UPSHIFT AT ALTITUDE. \*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

Engine

## Vehicles listed

- 1999 FORD CONTOUR
- 1999 MERCURY MYSTIQUE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [CSP\-08B01](/bulletins/10026389.md), 2008-10-24, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR. FORD: CERTAIN 1999\-2001 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES UP TO 6000 LB GVWR REGISTERED IN NEW YORK AND CERTAIN 2001 VEHICLES UP TO 6000 LB GVWR REGISTERED IN THE STATE OF MAINE, CERTIFIED FOR SALE IN CALIFORNIA\-FEDERAL EMISSION WARRANTY REFUND. \*PE
- [17174](/bulletins/10004066.md), 2003-11-18, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0171/P0174 OR P1072/P0175 STORED IN MEMORY OR AS HARD FAULTS. HESITATION, LACK OF POWER OR RUNS ROUGH CONDITION. \*TT
- [031514](/bulletins/10003193.md), 2003-10-10, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) MAY BE ILLUMINATED AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTCS\) P1380, P1381, P1383, AND/OR P0340 MAY BE STORED IN MEMORY. \*TT
- [03103](/bulletins/10002767.md), 2003-09-17, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. VEHICLES WITHOUT THE COOLANT LOCK\-OFF MAY EXHIBIT A NO START CONDITION. \*TT
- [16028](/bulletins/636219.md), 2002-11-06, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 2.5L ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT MULTIPLE MISFIRE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES WITH NO DRIVEABILITY CONCERNS NOTED. \*TT
- [01246](/bulletins/630515.md), 2002-04-18, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. ENGINE OIL SYSTEM PRIMING PROCEDURES, SERVICE TIPS FOR REPORTS OF PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE. \*TT
- [15390](/bulletins/630408.md), 2002-04-17, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\). SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND/OR EGR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES 332, P0401, P1407 \(LACKOF EGR FLOW\). \*TT
- [0214](/bulletins/630001.md), 2002-04-11, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. 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
- [01205](/bulletins/627927.md), 2002-02-26, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT VACUUM OR AIR LEAKS IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND / OR ENGINE SYSTEM CAUSING DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0171 AND OR P0174. \*TT
- [14877](/bulletins/620202.md), 2001-07-20, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\). SOME VEHICLES MAY ILLUMINATE THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP OR RUN ROUGH AFTER THE CATALYST IS REMOVED AND / OR REPLACED. THIS MAY BE DUE TO VACUUM LEAKS AS A RESULT OF TOLERANCE STACKUP WITHIN THE EXHAUST / EGR / INTAKE SYSTEM. \*TT

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