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Service bulletin 0246

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 id636067
Published by NHTSA2002-11-05
Manufacturer's number0246
Manufacturer's date2002-03-04
NHTSA componentSTEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT COMPLAINTS OF FALSE ALARM ACTIVATION OFTHE PERIMETER ANTI-THEFT ALARM OR BEING INOPERATIVE. *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

Steering

Vehicles listed
MERCURY COUGAR1999, 2000

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
0418142005-04-08. Service bulletin. STEERING COLUMN SHIPPED WITHOUT CRUSH PAD - REUSE ORIGINAL CRUSH PAD IF NOT DAMAGED. *TT
52272001-01-13. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING VEHICLES EXHIBITING POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK AT THE HIGH PRESSURE LINE TO STEERING GEAR FITTING. *TT
127092000-11-09. Service bulletin. EXHIBITING ACTIVATION OF THE PERIMETER ALARM SYSTEM WHEN THE IGNITION KEY IS TURNED TO START OR RUN, BUT THE ENGINE WILL CRANK AND START NORMALLY. *TT
121762000-06-19. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK AT THE HIGH PRESSURE LINE TO STEERING GEAR FITTING. *MJS
9823151999-03-04. Service bulletin. CONCERNS OF THE PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM (PATS) MAY BE INOPERATIVE. *YC