# Service bulletin 985173

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: 613303
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-06\-20
- Manufacturer's number: 985173
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-11\-01
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE 5/25/98 MAY HAVE LOOSE OR MISSING HEAD BUTTONS IN THE DOOR GRAB HANDLE DUE TO POOR ADHESION. \*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

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- 1999 MERCURY COUGAR

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [1999157](/recalls/tc/1999157.md), 1999-08-27: Structure

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [15197](/bulletins/624978.md), 2001-11-16, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN OF BACKLITE/HATCHBACK MOLDINGS BECOMING LOOSE. \*JG
- [12274](/bulletins/615528.md), 2001-01-18, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN WHERE THE LIFTGATE WILL NOT OPEN WHEN USING THE LIFTGATE RELEASE BUTTON ON THE LEFT HAND KICK PANEL OR BY USING THE KEY FOB. \*TT
- [12250](/bulletins/615507.md), 2001-01-17, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT DOOR LOCK\(S\) THAT INTERMITTENTLY RE\-LOCK WITHOUT COMMAND OR RAPIDLY CYCLE TO LOCK AND UNLOCK WITHOUT COMMAND. \*TT
- [5358](/bulletins/615440.md), 2001-01-16, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN WHERE THE LIFTGATE WILL NOT OPEN WHEN USING THE LIFTGATE RELEASE BUTTON ON THE LEFT HAND KICK PANEL OR BY USING THE KEY FOB. \*TT
- [5314](/bulletins/615414.md), 2001-01-16, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT DOOR LOCK\(S\) THAT INTERMITTENTLY RE\-LOCK WITHOUT COMMAND OR RAPIDLY CYCLE TO LOCK AND UNLOCK WITHOUT COMMAND. \*TT
- [11767](/bulletins/615268.md), 2001-01-10, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN OF LOOSE VISOR CLIP. \*TT
- [99\-8\-15](/bulletins/606419.md), 2001-01-05, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. SUBJECT REGARDING DOOR TRIM PANEL REPLACEMENT \- SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [4650](/bulletins/615187.md), 2001-01-03, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN OF LOOSE VISOR CLIP. \*TT
- [13324](/bulletins/6092149.md), 2000-11-27, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT PAINT BUBBLING / PEELING ON THE FRONT AND / OR REAR BUMPER. \*TT
- [99\-6192](/bulletins/607007.md), 2000-11-03, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. EXHIBITING A CONCERN OF A GRINDING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END ON TURNS. \*TT

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