# Service bulletin 98153

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: 609544
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-04\-03
- Manufacturer's number: 98153
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-08\-03
- NHTSA component: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY

## NHTSA's summary

FREQUENT SHUTOFF OF THE FUEL HANDLE WHEN FILLING THE FUEL TANK. AK

## 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 FORD CONTOUR
- 1999 MERCURY COUGAR
- 1998 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
- [14516](/bulletins/620469.md), 2001-08-09, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP. VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE JUN 21, 2000, AN IMPROVED FUEL FILLER TANK GROMMET IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR SERVICE. \*TT
- [14516](/bulletins/616850.md), 2001-03-14, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING. INFORMATION ON IMPROVED FUEL TANK FILLER PIPE GROMMET. \*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
- [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
- [12888](/bulletins/606917.md), 1999-09-08, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP. CONCERNS WITH FUEL FILLER DOOR NOT CLOSING PROPERLY. \*TT

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