# Service bulletin 12888

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: 606917
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-09\-08
- Manufacturer's number: 12888
- Manufacturer's date: 1999\-06\-01
- NHTSA component: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP

## NHTSA's summary

CONCERNS WITH FUEL FILLER DOOR NOT CLOSING PROPERLY. \*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

Fuel system, Fuel tank

## Vehicles listed

- 1998 to 1999 FORD CONTOUR
- 1998 to 1999 MERCURY MYSTIQUE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [00V350000](/recalls/nhtsa/00V350000.md), 2000-10-30: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [020503](/bulletins/636417.md), 2002-11-08, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. GUIDANCE FOR CNG TANK INSPECTION FOR VEHICLES PRODUCED AFTER DECEMBER 2, 1996. \*TT UPDATE. \*TT
- [0253](/bulletins/636042.md), 2002-11-04, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. SUBJECT REGARDING ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS TANK INSPECTION. \*TT
- [01M04](/bulletins/622686.md), 2001-10-22, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP. IN THE VEHICLES COVERED BY THE ADDITIONAL COVERAGE PROGRAM, THE FUEL PIPE FLAPPER VALVE MAY STICK WHICH COULD RESULT IN SLOW FILL AND FREQUENT FUEL FILLER NOZZLE SHUT\-OFF. \*TT
- [6501](/bulletins/610658.md), 2000-05-10, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP. SOME VEHICLES BUILT BETWEEN 7/1/98 AND 12/31/98 MAY EXHIBIT A FUEL FILLER DOOR NOT CLOSING PROPERLY. \*TT
- [98153](/bulletins/609544.md), 2000-04-03, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. FREQUENT SHUTOFF OF THE FUEL HANDLE WHEN FILLING THE FUEL TANK. AK
- [99204](/bulletins/6089645.md), 2000-02-10, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP. A CONDITION WITH FUEL FILLER DOOR UNABLE TO CLOSE COMPLETELY. \*TT

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