# Service bulletin 983311

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: 607475
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-09\-23
- Manufacturer's number: 983311
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-02\-03
- NHTSA component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING

## NHTSA's summary

EXHIBITING A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT \(MIL\) ON WITH VARIOUS CODES AND POSSIBLE DRIVEABILITY CONCERNS. \*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

- 1997 to 1998 FORD CONTOUR
- 1997 to 1998 MERCURY MYSTIQUE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [1999094](/recalls/tc/1999094.md), 1999-05-19: Lights And Instruments
- [99V103000](/recalls/nhtsa/99V103000.md), 1999-05-05: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
- [1998050](/recalls/tc/1998050.md), 1998-03-26: Lights And Instruments
- [98V028000](/recalls/nhtsa/98V028000.md), 1998-02-10: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

## 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
- [14775](/bulletins/619489.md), 2001-06-01, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH DAYTIME RUNNING LAMPS \(DRL\) MAY EXHIBIT THE HIGH BEAM INDICATOR IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FLASHING WHEN THE DAYTIME RUNNING LAMPS ARE ON. \*TT
- [99248](/bulletins/6090196.md), 2000-03-10, Service bulletin: INTERIOR LIGHTING. CONCERNS WITH THE INTERIOR LAMP STAYING ON. \*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
- [BC3274970207](/bulletins/51872.md), 1997-07-17, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. REPLACEMENT HEADLAMP BULBS \- SEVERAL AFTERMARKET COMPANIES ARE OFFERING REPLACEMENT BULBS WITH A HIGHER WATTAGE THAT ARE NOT DOT APPROVED \- SOLD WITH DISCLAIMER OF "FOR OFF\-ROAD USE ONLY" \- THE BULBS DRAW MORE CURRENT THAN THE OEM BULBS AND CAN RESULT IN ACTUATION OF THE SHOR CIRCUIT PROTECTION FEATURE. \*TW
- [BC0043972301](/bulletins/51394.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: INTERIOR LIGHTING. LOW COOLANT LIGHT ILLUMINATION ON 2.5L VEHICLES. \*JD
- [BC0043970201](/bulletins/51017.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: INTERIOR LIGHTING. ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING INCIDENTS OF LOW COOLANT LIGHT ILLUMINATION ON 2.5L CONTOUR/MYSTIQUES. \*JD

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