{"nhtsa_id":46440,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1996-04-25","date":"1995-12-01","document_id":"BC0181960102","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"FOR CONCERNS OF HARD START/NO START, START/STALLS OR HESITATION, MAKE SURE THE TANK CONTAINS FRESH 87 OCTANE FUEL FROM A HIGH VOLUME SERVICE STATION IN YOUR AREA. THIS CONCERN MAY BE CAUSED BY SUMMER BLEND FUELS WITH LOW RVP (REID VAPOR PRESSURE) WHICH DOES NOT VAPORIZE WELL IN COLD WEATHER.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/46440","components":[{"id":"fuel-system","name":"Fuel system","parent":null},{"id":"fuel-tank","name":"Fuel tank","parent":"fuel-system"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"CONTOUR","year_from":1995,"year_to":1996,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1995_ford_contour","1996_ford_contour"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"MYSTIQUE","year_from":1995,"year_to":1996,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1995_mercury_mystique","1996_mercury_mystique"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}