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Service bulletins for the 1998 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.

253 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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0421072005-04-28. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). GENERAL (PCM) POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. *TT
031482003-10-29. 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
158942002-12-06. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SUBJECT REGARDING AUTOMATIC SHIFTER ASSEMBLY OR THE INDICATOR HOUSING REPLACEMENT. *TT
011812001-11-30. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH. BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK.*JB
121922001-01-16. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY NOT ALLOW A SHIFT FROM PARK WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. *TT
52382001-01-13. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT. SOME VEHICLES MAY NOT ALLOW A SHIFT FROM PARK WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. *TT
51392001-01-13. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT. SOME VEHICLES MAY NOT ALLOW A SHIFT FROM PARK WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED OR THE SHIFT LEVER MAY EXHIBIT A CLICK SOUND EACH TIME BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. *TT
991522001-01-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. INFORMATION ON THE NEW FLUSH AND FILL TOOL AVAILABLE THROUGH ROTUNDA. *TT
98S26S22000-12-29. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL). SAFETY RECALL INVOLVING CERTAIN VEHICLES WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE SHIFT INDICATOR (PRNDL) BEZEL - PART AVAILABILITY). *TT
98S26S12000-12-29. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL). SAFETY RECALL INVOLVING CERTAIN VEHICLES WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE SHIFT INDICATOR (PRNDL) BEZEL. *TT
9851362000-06-20. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES. SOME VEHICLES WITH CD4E TRANSMISSION MAY EXHIBIT A TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK. *TT
121192000-06-19. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES TRANSMISSIONS MAY EXHIBIT A TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK. *MJS
121062000-06-16. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL). SOME VEHICLES MAY NOT ALLOW A SHIFT FROM PARK WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED OR THE SHIFT LEVER MAY EXHIBIT A CLICK SOUND EACH TIME BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. *MJS
006112000-06-13. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). SOME BI-FUEL VEHICLES MAY REQUIRE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) REPLACEMENT DURING SERVICE AND MAY NOT RUN ON CNG OR LPG., RECALIBRATION OF THE PCM/REPLACEMENT. *MJS
00152000-06-06. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. INFORMATION REGARDING THE NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER FLUSHER- SERVICE TIP. *MJS
131782000-03-21. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. INFORMATION REGARDING CLUNK/RATTLE ON TIP-IN OR TRANSMISSION GEAR ENGAGEMENT. *MJS
992492000-03-10. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THIS BULLETIN ADDRESSES AN ISSUE WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID SEEPING FROM THE VENT, RESULTING IN FLUID COLLECTING ON THE MAIN CONTROL ASSEMBLY. *TT
98111999-07-08. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL). CONCERNS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE PRNDL INDICATOR BEZEL MAY BREAK. *TT
9824731999-02-24. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE ATTEMPTS TO RETRO- FIT A SERVO CUSHION SPRING TO THE TRANSMISSION. *YC
9824721999-02-24. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE HARSH SHIFT EVENTS, USUALLY ON THE 1-3 UPSHIFT OR THE 3-2 DOWNSHIFT. *YC
98881998-07-10. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. INFORMATION ON A NEW TRANSMISSION FLUID USAGE CHART. *YC
970902971831998-03-30. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES WITH THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL). *YC

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.