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Service bulletin 8299

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id612723
Published by NHTSA2000-06-12
Manufacturer's number8299
Manufacturer's date2000-03-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:REAR

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CREAKING OR SQUEAKING TYPE NOISE FROM THE REAR SUSPENSION OCCURRING OVER BUMPS DURING LOW SPEED MANEUVERS ONLY. *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

Suspension

Vehicles listed
FORD CONTOUR1999
MERCURY MYSTIQUE1999

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
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82992000-07-26. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CREAKING NOISE OR SQUEAKING TYPE NOISE FROM THE REAR SUSPENSION. **MR
73442000-05-15. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A VIBRATION AT 60-70 MPH. *TT
65552000-05-10. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CREAKING OR SQUEAKING TYPE NOISE FROM THE REAR SUSPENSION. *TT
133872000-04-05. Service bulletin. VEHICLES WITH REAR DISC BRAKES MAY EXHIBIT A SQUEAK IN THE REAR SUSPENSION AREA. *TT
133642000-04-05. Service bulletin. CUSTOMER MAY COMMENT ON VIBRATION AT 60 - 70 MPH AT CRUISE. *TT
71322000-03-28. Service bulletin. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CREAKING OR SQUEAKING TYPE NOISE FROM THE REAR SUSPENSION. *TT
132092000-03-21. Service bulletin. INFORMATION REGARDING REAR SPRING CREAK/SQUEAK. *MJS