# Service bulletin 983160

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: 607417
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-09\-22
- Manufacturer's number: 983160
- Manufacturer's date: 1999\-09\-22
- NHTSA component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

## NHTSA's summary

ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING SOME VEHICLES THAT MAY EXHIBIT VIBRATION WHILE BRAKING. \*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

Brakes

## Vehicles listed

- 1998 FORD CONTOUR
- 1998 MERCURY MYSTIQUE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2000077](/recalls/tc/2000077.md), 2000-03-21: Brakes
- [00V075000](/recalls/nhtsa/00V075000.md), 2000-03-09: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [00S03](/bulletins/618580.md), 2001-04-17, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. SAFETY RECALL PERTAINING TO BRAKE PRESSURE CONTROL REDUCING VALVE REPLACEMENT. \*JB
- [12707](/bulletins/6091681.md), 2000-11-09, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A FRONT BRAKE GROAN. \*TT
- [6201](/bulletins/607020.md), 2000-11-03, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. EXPERIENCING A FRONT BRAKE GROAN DURING CITY DRIVING. \*TT
- [985139](/bulletins/613275.md), 2000-06-20, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. SOME VEHICLES MAY NOT ALLOW A SHIFT FROM PARK WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED OR THE SHIFT LEVER MAY EXHIBIT A CLICK SOUND EACH TIME BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. \*TT
- [99194](/bulletins/6090082.md), 2000-03-06, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. INFORMATION FOR SERVICING AND DIAGNOSING BRAKE VIBRATION, BRAKE INSPECTION, AND BRAKE FRICTION MATERIAL REPLACEMENT. \*TT
- [9811330](/bulletins/607500.md), 1999-09-24, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. SOME VEHICLES WITH ANTI\-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEMS \(ABS\) MAY EXHIBIT A GROWLING / GRINDING NOISE WHEN BACKING UP AN INCLINE OR UNDER HARD ACCELERATION IN REVERSE. \*TT
- [983216](/bulletins/607431.md), 1999-09-23, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT MULTIPLE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR CODES. \*TT
- [983081](/bulletins/607373.md), 1999-09-21, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:SHOES/LININGS. CONCERNS WITH INCORRECT BRAKE SHOE / LINING ASSEMBLY. \*TT
- [9989](/bulletins/606409.md), 1999-08-19, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A GROANING NOISE FROM THE FRONT BRAKES DURING CITY DRIVING. \*TT
- [9814](/bulletins/605562.md), 1999-07-09, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR. SUBJECT REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF HUB\-MOUNT BRAKE ROTOR MACHINING EQUIPMENT. \*TT

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