Service bulletins for the 1998 Mercury Mystique
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.
242 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| 6243 | 2000-11-03. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID. ONLINE SERVICE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO VARIOUS DECKLID RELEASE ISSUES. *TT |
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| 6201 | 2000-11-03. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. EXPERIENCING A FRONT BRAKE GROAN DURING CITY DRIVING. *TT |
| 11533 | 2000-08-03. 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 |
| 11530 | 2000-08-03. 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 |
| 11520 | 2000-08-03. 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 |
| 11514 | 2000-08-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN IGNITION KEY HIGH REMOVAL EFFORT. *TT |
| 11501 | 2000-08-01. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES WITH CD4E TRANSAXLES MAY EXHIBIT A NO DRIVE CONCERN WHEN IN THE OVERDRIVE SELECTOR POSITION. *TT |
| 11499 | 2000-08-01. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. EXHIBITING A NOISE IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND POSSIBLY CAUSED BY A FRONT STABILIZER BAR OR LINK NOISE. *TT |
| 11494 | 2000-08-01. 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 |
| 11493 | 2000-08-01. 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 |
| 9811485 | 2000-07-11. Service bulletin. STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. CUSTOMER CONCERN OF NOISE IN THE POWER STEERING. *TT |
| 985187 | 2000-06-21. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. SOME VEHICLES MAY REQUIRE KEY PROGRAMMING ISSUES FOR THE PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM (PATS). *TT |
| 985184 | 2000-06-21. 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 |
| 985140 | 2000-06-20. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN INOPERATIVE ALTERNATOR. *AK |
| 985139 | 2000-06-20. 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.