# Service bulletin 12260

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: 615513
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-01\-17
- Manufacturer's number: 12260
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-12\-01
- NHTSA component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES \(W/ 4 WHEEL DISC BRAKES\) MAY EXHIBIT A BRAKE SQUEAL / SQUEAK NOISE FROM THE FRONT WHILE BRAKING AFTER THE ROTORS HAVE WARMED UP. \*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

Brakes

## Vehicles listed

- 1999 MERCURY COUGAR

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2000077](/recalls/tc/2000077.md), 2000-03-21: Brakes
- [00V075000](/recalls/nhtsa/00V075000.md), 2000-03-09: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [15538](/bulletins/630070.md), 2002-04-12, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. SUBJECT ON BRAKE FLUID LEAK. \*YH
- [14376](/bulletins/618642.md), 2001-04-18, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4\-WHEEL DISC BRAKES MAY EXHIBIT A REAR DISC BRAKE MOAN / GROAN NOISE. \*JB
- [00S03](/bulletins/618580.md), 2001-04-17, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. SAFETY RECALL PERTAINING TO BRAKE PRESSURE CONTROL REDUCING VALVE REPLACEMENT. \*JB
- [00265](/bulletins/616830.md), 2001-03-13, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH REAR DISC BRAKES MAY EXHIBIT A MOANING / GROANING NOISE ON INITIAL BRAKE APPLICATION \(COLD SOAK\). \*TT
- [14475](/bulletins/616559.md), 2001-03-06, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ANTI\-LOCK BRAKES \(ABS\) MAY EXHIBIT AN ABS LIGHT ON CONDITION DIAGNOSED AS RELATED TO THE WHEEL SPEED SENSORS. FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS INVESTIGATING. \*TT
- [5342](/bulletins/615426.md), 2001-01-16, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC. SOME VEHICLES WITH 4 WHEEL DISC BRAKES MAY EXHIBIT A BRAKE SQUEAK / SQUEAL NOISE FROM THE FRONT WHILE BRAKING AFTER THE ROTORS HAVE WARMED UP. \*TT
- [11766](/bulletins/615267.md), 2001-01-10, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING VEHICLES THAT EXHIBIT BRAKE NOISE WHILE SLOWING TO A STOP. \*TT
- [4649](/bulletins/615186.md), 2001-01-03, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING CERTAIN VEHICLES THAT EXHIBIT BRAKE NOISE WHILE SLOWING TO A STOP. \*TT
- [12613](/bulletins/6091824.md), 2000-11-15, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A GRIND / GROAN NOISE FROM THE FRONT BRAKES, USUALLY DURING STOP\-AND\-GO \(CITY\) DRIVING. \*TT
- [12707](/bulletins/6091681.md), 2000-11-09, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A FRONT BRAKE GROAN. \*TT

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