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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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00S032001-04-17. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. SAFETY RECALL PERTAINING TO BRAKE PRESSURE CONTROL REDUCING VALVE REPLACEMENT. *JB
01142001-04-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. EXPERIENCING A SPARK KNOCK OR PRE-IGNITION CONDITION ON VEHICLES WITH AN AUTOMATIC OR MANUAL TRANSMISSION DURING STEADY CRUISE DRIVING OR UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION. *TT
145962001-04-02. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. EXHIBITING ONE OR MULTIPLE STUDS BREAK ON EXHAUST FLANGES. *JB
145422001-03-14. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT ONE OR MULTIPLE THREADED STUDS BREAK ON THE EXHAUST FLANGES. THIS MAY BE NOTED BY A RATTLING NOISE, EXHAUST LEAK OR A SCRAPING NOISE WHEN DRIVING. *TT
145162001-03-14. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING. INFORMATION ON IMPROVED FUEL TANK FILLER PIPE GROMMET. *TT
002652001-03-13. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH REAR DISC BRAKES MAY EXHIBIT A MOANING / GROANING NOISE ON INITIAL BRAKE APPLICATION (COLD SOAK). *TT
002562001-03-13. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A V6 ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A FLICKERING CONDITION OF THE HEADLAMP, INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, RADIO, AND INTERIOR LIGHTS DURING ENGINE START-UP AND MAY CONTINUE DURING THE FIRST SEVERAL MINUTES OF ENGINE IDLE. *TT
002522001-03-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. ON SOME VEHICLES, AN OBJECTIONABLE EXHAUST, SULFUR, OR ROTTEN EGG ODOR FOLLOWING AGGRESSIVE DRIVING, SUCH AS FULL-THROTTLE ACCELERATION MAY OCCUR. *TT
144752001-03-06. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ANTI-LOCK BRAKES (ABS) MAY EXHIBIT AN ABS LIGHT ON CONDITION DIAGNOSED AS RELATED TO THE WHEEL SPEED SENSORS. FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS INVESTIGATING. *TT
144912001-03-02. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TT
122742001-01-18. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN WHERE THE LIFTGATE WILL NOT OPEN WHEN USING THE LIFTGATE RELEASE BUTTON ON THE LEFT HAND KICK PANEL OR BY USING THE KEY FOB. *TT
122602001-01-17. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC. SOME VEHICLES (W/ 4 WHEEL DISC BRAKES) MAY EXHIBIT A BRAKE SQUEAL / SQUEAK NOISE FROM THE FRONT WHILE BRAKING AFTER THE ROTORS HAVE WARMED UP. *TT
122502001-01-17. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT DOOR LOCK(S) THAT INTERMITTENTLY RE-LOCK WITHOUT COMMAND OR RAPIDLY CYCLE TO LOCK AND UNLOCK WITHOUT COMMAND. *TT
53582001-01-16. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN WHERE THE LIFTGATE WILL NOT OPEN WHEN USING THE LIFTGATE RELEASE BUTTON ON THE LEFT HAND KICK PANEL OR BY USING THE KEY FOB. *TT
53422001-01-16. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC. SOME VEHICLES WITH 4 WHEEL DISC BRAKES MAY EXHIBIT A BRAKE SQUEAK / SQUEAL NOISE FROM THE FRONT WHILE BRAKING AFTER THE ROTORS HAVE WARMED UP. *TT
53142001-01-16. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT DOOR LOCK(S) THAT INTERMITTENTLY RE-LOCK WITHOUT COMMAND OR RAPIDLY CYCLE TO LOCK AND UNLOCK WITHOUT COMMAND. *TT
52272001-01-13. Service bulletin. STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID. SUBJECT REGARDING VEHICLES EXHIBITING POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK AT THE HIGH PRESSURE LINE TO STEERING GEAR FITTING. *TT
52082001-01-13. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. INFORMATION ON VEHICLES WITH THE ACTIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM. *TT
118132001-01-12. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A CONCERN OF AN INTERMITTENT NO CRANK, NO START CONDITION. *TT
117912001-01-12. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES WITH CD4E TRANSMISSION MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION OF NO CRANK / NO START IN PARK. VEHICLE WILL CRANK AND START IN NEUTRAL. *TT
117672001-01-10. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN OF LOOSE VISOR CLIP. *TT
117662001-01-10. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING VEHICLES THAT EXHIBIT BRAKE NOISE WHILE SLOWING TO A STOP. *TT
117632001-01-10. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SUBJECT REGARDING THE PC ED MANUAL WHICH IS NOT CLEAR ON THE MONITORING PROCESS OF THE CENTRAL SECURITY MODULE (CSM) PID DATA. *TT
47052001-01-10. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A CONCERN OF AN INTERMITTENT NO CRANK, NO START BY INADEQUATE MATING OF CONNECTOR C1936 OR AN UNDER-TORQUED STARTER SOLENOID WIRE AT C973A AND C973B. *TT
46742001-01-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES WITH CD4E TRANSMISSION MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION OF NO CRANK / NO START IN PARK. VEHICLE WILL CRANK AND START IN NEUTRAL. *TT

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