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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| 985136 | 2000-06-20. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES. SOME VEHICLES WITH CD4E TRANSMISSION MAY EXHIBIT A TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK. *TT |
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| 985095 | 2000-06-19. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION OF CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND CONTINUOUS DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0446 (EVAP SYSTEM MALFUNCTION). *TT |
| 12174 | 2000-06-19. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HARD START/LONG CRANK, COLD START STALL, COLD ROUGH IDLE CONCERN. *MJS |
| 985089 | 2000-06-19. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH. SOME VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO 6/16/98 MAY HAVE A BROKEN / DETACHED INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER BEZEL GAPHIDER. *TT |
| 12165 | 2000-06-19. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES WITH 2.9L ENGINES MAY EXHIBIT A BROKEN OR LEAKING WATER PUMP. *MJS |
| 12164 | 2000-06-19. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE. SOME VEHICLE MAY EXHIBIT A/C OR HEATER BLOWER AIR THAT FLOWS FROM THE DEFROST VENTS ONLY. *MJS |
| 12142 | 2000-06-19. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. SOME VEHICLES MAY REQUIRE KEY PROGRAMMING FOR THE PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT PATS. *MJS |
| 12135 | 2000-06-19. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN WHERE THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) IS ILLUMINATE WITH DTCS IN THE MEMORY. *MJS |
| 12119 | 2000-06-19. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES TRANSMISSIONS MAY EXHIBIT A TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK. *MJS |
| 12106 | 2000-06-16. 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 |
| 12105 | 2000-06-16. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN INOPERATIVE ALTERNATOR. *MJS |
| 12076 | 2000-06-16. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION OF CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (MIL) ON AND CONTINUOUS DTC PO466 (EVAP SYSTEM MALFUNCTION). *MJS |
| 12075 | 2000-06-16. Service bulletin. STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO 6/16/98 MAY HAVE A BROKEN/DETACHED IP CLUSTR BEZEL GAPHIDER. THE HIDER IS A HINGED FLAP BETWEEN THE STEERING COLUMN SHROUD AND THE IP BEZEL. *MJS |
| 985197 | 2000-06-16. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A/C OR HEATER BLOWER AIR THAT FLOWS FROM THE DEFROST VENTS ONLY. *MJS |
| 985196 | 2000-06-16. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A BROKEN OR LEAKING WATER PUMP. *MJS |
| 00611 | 2000-06-13. 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 |
| 976007 | 2000-06-13. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. INFORMATION ON SELECTING "SYSTEM DESCRIPTION" WITHIN THE BCE MODULE REPORGRAMMING TOOL - FIXED 7/97. *TT |
| 13761 | 2000-06-12. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.0L ENGINES MAY EXHIBIT SYMPTOMS OF CLUTCH SLIPPAGE OR NO CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT AFTER PERFORMINB REPAIRS TO THE CLUTCH SYSTEM. *MJS |
| 13866 | 2000-06-08. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. EXPERIENCING A HOOT NOISE FROM THE IDLE IDLE AIR BYPASS SOLENOID ON DECELERATION, USUALLY IN COLD AMBIENT TEMPERATURES. *TT |
| 7923 | 2000-06-08. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. CLUTCH WILL NOT ENGAGE AFTER SERVICE. |
| 0037 | 2000-06-07. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. VEHICLE MAY EXPERIENCE THE MALFUNCTION INCIATOR LAMP (MIL) ILLUMINATION WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS). *MJS |
| 8128 | 2000-06-07. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A HOOT NOISE FROM THE IDLE IDLE AIR BYPASS SOLENOID ON DECELERATION, USUALLY IN COLD AMBIENT TEMPERATURES. THE IDLE SPEED MAY ALSO REMAIN SLIGHTLY HIGHER OR LOWER THAN DESIRED WHEN THIS NOISE IS PRESENT. *TT |
| 0019 | 2000-06-07. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. INFORMATION REGARDING SEVERAL INTERNAL CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED ON THE MRX-75 TRANSAXLE TO IMPROVE SHIFT EFFORTS. *MJS |
| 0015 | 2000-06-06. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. INFORMATION REGARDING THE NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER FLUSHER- SERVICE TIP. *MJS |
| 7451 | 2000-05-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.0L ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A TIMING BELT SHREDDING OR TIMING BELT STRIKING THE FRONT COVER. *TT |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.