# Service bulletin 98\-4740

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: 607155
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-11\-03
- Manufacturer's number: 98\-4740
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-09\-01
- NHTSA component: INTERIOR LIGHTING

## NHTSA's summary

COURTESY LIGHTS STAY ON AND/OR DOOR AJAR LAMP STAYS ON.

## 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

- 1999 MERCURY COUGAR

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2001043](/recalls/tc/2001043.md), 2001-02-06: Lights And Instruments
- [01V032000](/recalls/nhtsa/01V032000.md), 2001-02-06: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [02176](/bulletins/10008580.md), 2004-08-05, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH. LAMP\-BRAKE\-INVADVERTENT DISABLING OF BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. \*MJ
- [15636](/bulletins/630685.md), 2002-04-19, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING. CONCERN WITH HEADLAMPS AND/OR INSTRUMENT PANEL LAMPS DIMMING SLIGHTLY AT IDLE. \*TT
- [15183](/bulletins/624583.md), 2001-11-08, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. 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
- [01162](/bulletins/624084.md), 2001-11-01, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH. SOME VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO 22\-SEP\-2000, MAY EXHIBIT THE BRAKE LAMPS STAYING ON. \*SLC
- [12802](/bulletins/606876.md), 1999-09-07, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. EXPERIENCING HEADLAMP CONDENSATION. \*TT
- [6387](/bulletins/606814.md), 1999-09-02, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. INFORMATION REGARDING MINOR CONDENSATION VISIBLE IN THE HEADLAMPS. \*TT
- [991310](/bulletins/606512.md), 1999-08-26, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. SUBJECT REGARDING EXCESS CONDENSATION IN THE HEADLAMPS ON SOME VEHICLES. \*TT
- [99139](/bulletins/606508.md), 1999-08-26, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS. CONDITIONS WITH THE BRAKE LAMPS INADVERTENTLY DISABLING THE BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. \*TT
- [5747](/bulletins/605203.md), 1999-06-03, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING. 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
- [98208](/bulletins/603693.md), 1999-03-02, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING. 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

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