# Service bulletins for the 1996 Ford Contour

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.

223 bulletins from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

- [9903](/bulletins/10020445.md), 2006-10-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD. UNDER HOOD WIRE HARNESS. ADDITIONAL 10 YEARS OR 100,000 MILES. FORD. \*KB
- [022001](/bulletins/10013086.md), 2005-04-07, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. REPLACEMENT SPEAKER INSTALLATION TIPS. \*TT
- [02208](/bulletins/10013060.md), 2005-04-07, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. CLIMATE CONTROL A/C SERVICE TECH TIPS. \*EH
- [02176](/bulletins/10008580.md), 2004-08-05, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH. LAMP\-BRAKE\-INVADVERTENT DISABLING OF BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. \*MJ
- [03181](/bulletins/10004027.md), 2003-11-14, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY \(RKE\) \- SERVICE TIPS. \*TT
- [03148](/bulletins/10003748.md), 2003-10-29, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES. NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER FLUSHER \- SERVICE TIPS. 2003 ESCORT AND SUPER DUTY F SERIES INCLUDED. \*TT
- [03103](/bulletins/10002767.md), 2003-09-17, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. VEHICLES WITHOUT THE COOLANT LOCK\-OFF MAY EXHIBIT A NO START CONDITION. \*TT
- [03102](/bulletins/10002766.md), 2003-09-16, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS \(CNG\). ROUGH IDLE OR NO START WHEN COLD. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH CNG BI\-FUEL ENGINE ONLY. \*TT
- [16880](/bulletins/10002598.md), 2003-09-08, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. INOPERATIVE SHIFT INTERLOCK SOLENOID OR REPEAT INSTRUMENT INTERFACE MODULE FAILURE. \*TT
- [15894](/bulletins/637775.md), 2002-12-06, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SUBJECT REGARDING AUTOMATIC SHIFTER ASSEMBLY OR THE INDICATOR HOUSING REPLACEMENT. \*TT
- [020503](/bulletins/636417.md), 2002-11-08, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. GUIDANCE FOR CNG TANK INSPECTION FOR VEHICLES PRODUCED AFTER DECEMBER 2, 1996. \*TT UPDATE. \*TT
- [0253](/bulletins/636042.md), 2002-11-04, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. SUBJECT REGARDING ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS TANK INSPECTION. \*TT
- [15636](/bulletins/630685.md), 2002-04-19, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING. CONCERN WITH HEADLAMPS AND/OR INSTRUMENT PANEL LAMPS DIMMING SLIGHTLY AT IDLE. \*TT
- [0224](/bulletins/630631.md), 2002-04-19, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE CD4E TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT HARSH AND DELAYED 1\-2/2\-3 UPSHIFTS AFTER TRANSAXLE OR TURBINE SHAFT SPEED SENSOR REPLACEMENT, POSSIBLE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES 628, 642, 645, 646, 647, 648, P0731, P0732, P0734, P0741 AND P01744. \*TT
- [01246](/bulletins/630515.md), 2002-04-18, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. ENGINE OIL SYSTEM PRIMING PROCEDURES, SERVICE TIPS FOR REPORTS OF PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE. \*TT
- [15390](/bulletins/630408.md), 2002-04-17, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\). SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND/OR EGR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES 332, P0401, P1407 \(LACKOF EGR FLOW\). \*TT
- [01231](/bulletins/630331.md), 2002-04-16, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. SOME COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS \(CNG\) VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT ROUGH IDLE OR NO START WHEN COLD. \*TT
- [15241](/bulletins/630024.md), 2002-04-11, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A NOISE THAT APPEARS TO COME FROM THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS. \*TT
- [0214](/bulletins/630001.md), 2002-04-11, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME ENGINE ASSEMBLIES WITH ALUMINUM CYLINDER HEADS REPAIRED IN\-VEHILE HAVE BEEN FOUND TO LEAK COOLANT AND/OR OIL FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET AREA. \*TT
- [01214](/bulletins/627760.md), 2002-02-22, Service bulletin: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. INFORMATION TO AID IN DIAGNOSIS FOR CLARIFICATION OF LOCK\-OFF SOLENOID AND SOLENOID TANK VALVE COIL RSISTANCES FOR BI\-FUEL VEHICLES. \*TT
- [15241](/bulletins/625783.md), 2001-12-03, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A NOISE THAT APPEARS TO COME FROM THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS. \*TT
- [01181](/bulletins/625715.md), 2001-11-30, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH. BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK.\*JB
- [01M07](/bulletins/624136.md), 2001-11-01, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A LOSS OF FUNCTION WITH THE HEATER BLOWER MOTOR SWITCH IN ONE OR MORE SWITCH POSITIONS. \*SLC
- [01157](/bulletins/623988.md), 2001-10-31, Service bulletin: UNKNOWN OR OTHER. INFORMATION REGARDING TRANSMISSION FLUID USAGE CHARTS. \*SLC
- [01156](/bulletins/623944.md), 2001-10-31, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT HEATER CORE LEAKS. \*SLC

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