# Service bulletin 12165

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: 613180
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-06\-19
- Manufacturer's number: 12165
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-11\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES WITH 2.9L ENGINES MAY EXHIBIT A BROKEN OR LEAKING WATER PUMP. \*MJS

## 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

Engine, Cooling system

## Vehicles listed

- 1998 FORD CONTOUR
- 1998 MERCURY MYSTIQUE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [12304](/bulletins/615549.md), 2001-01-18, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. SOME 2.0L EQUIPPED VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE APRIL 1, 1998 MAY EXHIBIT A BROKEN OR LEAKING WATER PUMP. AN IMPROVED WATER PUMP IS NOW AVAILABLE. \*TT
- [985196](/bulletins/613008.md), 2000-06-16, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A BROKEN OR LEAKING WATER PUMP. \*MJS
- [99B23](/bulletins/6089624.md), 2000-02-09, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. ON SOME VEHICLES, THE WATER PUMP BEARING MAY DETERIORATE AND BECOME LOOSE. THIS IS A OWNER NOTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR WATER PUMP REPLACEMENT. \*TT
- [98B30](/bulletins/604207.md), 1999-04-19, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN OF COOLING FAN OPERATING CONTINUOUSLY. \*TT
- [98213](/bulletins/603666.md), 1999-03-01, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. CONCERNS WITH TEMPERATURE READS HIGH WITHIN NORMAL RANGE WHEN ENGINE IS AT NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE. \*YC
- [982510](/bulletins/603648.md), 1999-03-01, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. INFORMATION REGARDING REVISED WATER PUMP REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE. \*YC
- [9886](/bulletins/601236.md), 1998-07-10, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. AN ENGINE COOLANT LOSS MAY OCCUR FROM THE ENGINE BLOCK HEATER AREA. \*YC

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