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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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Bulletins, newest first
125562000-11-15. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SUBJECT REGARDING TECHNICAL HOTLINE ASSISTANCE FOR BI-FUEL VEHICLES. *TT
125252000-11-14. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. CONCERNS WITH THE LEFT AIR CONDITIONING PANEL REGISTER DISCHARGE TEMPERATURE THAT IS WARMER THAN THE CENTER AND / OR RIGHT VENTS. *TT
125202000-11-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS. SUBJECT REGARDING 60 AMP FUSE BLOWN. *TT
125192000-11-14. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. CD4E TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A NO FORWARD DRIVE CONCERN. *TT
60917382000-11-14. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A VIBRATION AT 60 - 70 MPH (100 - 115 KPH). *TT
59632000-11-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS. INFORMATION ON INSTALLING FUSES AT PRE-DELIVERY. *TT
127262000-11-09. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID. INFORMATION REGARDING DECKLID RELEASE ISSUES. *TT
127072000-11-09. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A FRONT BRAKE GROAN. *TT
67072000-11-03. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. CONCERNS WITH ACTIVATING THE OCTANE ADJUST FUNCTION WITH NGS OR SBDS. *TT
62432000-11-03. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID. ONLINE SERVICE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO VARIOUS DECKLID RELEASE ISSUES. *TT
62012000-11-03. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. EXPERIENCING A FRONT BRAKE GROAN DURING CITY DRIVING. *TT
115332000-08-03. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE 2/2/98 AT KANSAS CITY AND 2/16/98 AT CUAUTITLAN, MEXICO MAY EXHIBIT A NO COMMUNICATION WITH PATS-MODULE CONCERN. *TT
115302000-08-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. WHEN DIAGNOSING CRANK / NO START ON CERTAIN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT (PATS) CHECK THE CUSTOMERS KEY RING FOR ANY MAGNETIC OBJECTS LIKE THE MOBILE SPEEDPASS KEY WHICH MAY AFFECT THE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION BETWEEN THE PATS KEY AND THE VEHICLE TRANSCEIVER. *TT
115202000-08-03. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES WITH MTX V6 TRANSAXLE CASES MAY MALFUNCTION DUE TO DIFFERENTIAL GEAR FAILURE POSSIBLY CAUSED BY ABUSIVE DRIVING. *TT
115142000-08-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN IGNITION KEY HIGH REMOVAL EFFORT. *TT
115012000-08-01. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES WITH CD4E TRANSAXLES MAY EXHIBIT A NO DRIVE CONCERN WHEN IN THE OVERDRIVE SELECTOR POSITION. *TT
114992000-08-01. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. EXHIBITING A NOISE IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND POSSIBLY CAUSED BY A FRONT STABILIZER BAR OR LINK NOISE. *TT
114942000-08-01. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE HARSH SHIFT EVENTS, USUALLY ON THE 1-3 UPSHIFT OR THE 3-2 DOWNSHIFT. *TT
114932000-08-01. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. INFORMATION USED WHEN PERFORMING DIAGNOSIS OR PROGRAMMING KEYS ON CERTAIN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE FIFTH GENERATION PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT (PATS) SYSTEM. *TT
00852000-07-21. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. DUE TO AN INTERNAL DESIGN CHANGE TO THE SOLENOID TANK VALVE, THE PRESSURE RELEASE DEVICE (PRD) CAN NO LONGER BE REMOVED FROM THE TANK VALVE WITHOUT FIRST VENTING THE FUEL TANK. **MR
98114852000-07-11. Service bulletin. STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. CUSTOMER CONCERN OF NOISE IN THE POWER STEERING. *TT
9851872000-06-21. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. SOME VEHICLES MAY REQUIRE KEY PROGRAMMING ISSUES FOR THE PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM (PATS). *TT
9851842000-06-21. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN WHERE THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) IS ILLUMINATED WITH ONE OR MORE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES: P0117, P0122, P0141, P0174-P0175, P0300-P0306, P0320, P0340, P0350-P0360, P0385, P1504-P1507, AND P1518-P1519. *TT
9851402000-06-20. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN INOPERATIVE ALTERNATOR. *AK
9851392000-06-20. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. 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

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