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Service bulletin 15636

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 id630685
Published by NHTSA2002-04-19
Manufacturer's number15636
Manufacturer's date2002-02-01
NHTSA componentEXTERIOR LIGHTING

NHTSA's summary

CONCERN WITH HEADLAMPS AND/OR INSTRUMENT PANEL LAMPS DIMMING SLIGHTLY AT IDLE. *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

Lighting

Vehicles listed
FORD CONTOUR1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
MERCURY COUGAR1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
MERCURY MYSTIQUE1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20010432001-02-06. Lights And Instruments
01V0320002001-02-06. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
19990941999-05-19. Lights And Instruments
99V1030001999-05-05. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
19980501998-03-26. Lights And Instruments
98V0280001998-02-10. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
021762004-08-05. Service bulletin. LAMP-BRAKE-INVADVERTENT DISABLING OF BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. *MJ
012112002-02-22. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT CONDENSATION IN THE HEADLAMPS. *TT
151832001-11-08. Service bulletin. INFORMATION REGARDING COUGAR HEADLAMP PARTING LINE, WHICH RESULTS FROM THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND CAN BE SEEN DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE TURN SIGNAL FUNCTION FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM. *YD
011622001-11-01. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO 22-SEP-2000, MAY EXHIBIT THE BRAKE LAMPS STAYING ON. *SLC
147752001-06-01. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH DAYTIME RUNNING LAMPS (DRL) MAY EXHIBIT THE HIGH BEAM INDICATOR IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FLASHING WHEN THE DAYTIME RUNNING LAMPS ARE ON. *TT
002362001-03-01. Service bulletin. EXPERIENCING VISIBLE MOISTURE / CONDENSATION IN THE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY OUTER EDGE AREAS AFTER WASHING OR RAINFALL. *TT
98-47402000-11-03. Service bulletin. COURTESY LIGHTS STAY ON AND/OR DOOR AJAR LAMP STAYS ON.
992482000-03-10. Service bulletin. CONCERNS WITH THE INTERIOR LAMP STAYING ON. *TT
9833111999-09-23. Service bulletin. EXHIBITING A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT (MIL) ON WITH VARIOUS CODES AND POSSIBLE DRIVEABILITY CONCERNS. *TT
128021999-09-07. Service bulletin. EXPERIENCING HEADLAMP CONDENSATION. *TT