Service bulletins for the 1999 Mercury Cougar
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.
229 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| 99152 | 2001-01-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. INFORMATION ON THE NEW FLUSH AND FILL TOOL AVAILABLE THROUGH ROTUNDA. *TT |
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| 991210 | 2001-01-05. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS RELEASED A PRIVATE LABELED MATERIAL TO BE USED FOR IRON PARTICLE / ACID RAIN SERVICE REPAIRS. *TT |
| 99111 | 2001-01-05. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. INFORMATION DESIGNED TO AID IN THE DIAGNOSIS, TESTING AND REPAIR OF NOISE, VIBRATION AND HARSHNESS (NVH) CONCERNS. *TT |
| 99-8-15 | 2001-01-05. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. SUBJECT REGARDING DOOR TRIM PANEL REPLACEMENT - SERVICE TIP. *TT |
| 4650 | 2001-01-03. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN OF LOOSE VISOR CLIP. *TT |
| 4649 | 2001-01-03. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING CERTAIN VEHICLES THAT EXHIBIT BRAKE NOISE WHILE SLOWING TO A STOP. *TT |
| 4646 | 2001-01-03. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SUBJECT REGRADING THE PC ED MANUAL WHICH IS NOT CLEAR ON THE MONITORING PROCESS OF THE CENTRAL SECURITY MODULE (CSM) PID DATA. *TT |
| 4609 | 2001-01-02. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A CONCERN OF AN INTERMITTENT NO CRANK, NO START. *TT |
| 98-4812 | 2001-01-02. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SOME 1998-1999 CONTOUR/MYSTIQUE/COUGAR EQUIPPED WITH 2.5L DURATEC BUILT BETWEEN 04/01/1998-08/14/1998 EXIBIT ERRATIC INSTUMENTATION OPERATION. *AK |
| 13508 | 2000-11-29. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A WINDNOISE OR WHISTLE FROM THE WINDSHIELD A-PILLAR MOLDINGS. *TT |
| 13507 | 2000-11-29. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SOME VEHICLES WITH THE OPTIONAL OVERHEAD WARNING INDICATOR CONSOLE MAY EXHIBIT THE DOOR AJAR WARNING AND INTERIOR COURTESY LAMPS ILLUMINATING WHEN THE KEY IS TURNED TO THE ON POSITION. *TT |
| 13468 | 2000-11-28. 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 |
| 13454 | 2000-11-28. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. SUBJECT REGARDING THE SPEED CONTROL SWITCH VOLTAGE READINGS - SERVICE TIP. *TT |
| 13399 | 2000-11-27. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES. SOME VEHICLES WITH CD4E AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE, MAY EXHIBIT AN OBJECTIONABLE SULFUR OR ROTTEN EGG ODOR FROM THE EXHAUST FOLLOWING AGGRESSIVE DRIVING, SUCH AS FULL-THROTTLE ACCELERATION. *TT |
| 13355 | 2000-11-27. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. INFORMATION REGARDING A/C PEANUT O-RING COLOR. *TT |
| 13324 | 2000-11-27. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT PAINT BUBBLING / PEELING ON THE FRONT AND / OR REAR BUMPER. *TT |
| 13319 | 2000-11-27. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A RADIO THAT IS INTERMITTENTLY INOPERATIVE. *TT |
| 13318 | 2000-11-27. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY REPORT A CONCERN OF RADIO VOLUME GOING UP AND DOWN ON ITS OWN WHILE DRIVING OR FLUCFTATING BY ITSELF. *TT |
| 13093 | 2000-11-16. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.5L MAY EXHIBIT A SULFUR SMELL FROM THE EXHAUST. (T |
| 13034 | 2000-11-15. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. EXEPRIENCING AN INTERMITTENT MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0351, P0352, AND / OR P0353. *TT |
| 12613 | 2000-11-15. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A GRIND / GROAN NOISE FROM THE FRONT BRAKES, USUALLY DURING STOP-AND-GO (CITY) DRIVING. *TT |
| 12524 | 2000-11-14. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. ADDRESSING CONCERNS OF CONTAMINATION IN THE COOLANT EXPANSION TANK (LOCATED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE INNER FENDER). *TT |
| 12519 | 2000-11-14. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. CD4E TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A NO FORWARD DRIVE CONCERN. *TT |
| 12511 | 2000-11-14. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH FACTORY CD CHANGERS MAY EXHIBIT CUSTOMER CONCERNS OF CD INOPERATIVE, NO CD DISPLAYED ON THE RADIO DISPLAY OR ONE OR MORE SPEAKERS INOPERATIVE WHEN IN CD MODE. *TT |
| 12709 | 2000-11-09. Service bulletin. STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE. 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 |
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