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Service bulletin 12176

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 id613229
Published by NHTSA2000-06-19
Manufacturer's number12176
Manufacturer's date1998-11-01
NHTSA componentSTEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK AT THE HIGH PRESSURE LINE TO STEERING GEAR FITTING. *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

Steering, Power steering

Vehicles listed
MERCURY COUGAR1999

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
52272001-01-13. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING VEHICLES EXHIBITING POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK AT THE HIGH PRESSURE LINE TO STEERING GEAR FITTING. *TT