{"nhtsa_id":600588,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1998-05-27","date":"1998-02-16","document_id":"9834","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL","mfr_system":null,"summary":"AIR INLET-WATER IN AIR INLET ELBOW-MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ILLUMINATES DUE TO WATER CONTAMINATION OF AIR FILTER AND/OR MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR (MAF)- VEHICLE SWITH 4.6L ENGINE. *AK","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/600588","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"THUNDERBIRD","year_from":1994,"year_to":1997,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1994_ford_thunderbird","1995_ford_thunderbird","1996_ford_thunderbird","1997_ford_thunderbird"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"COUGAR","year_from":1994,"year_to":1997,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1994_mercury_cougar","1995_mercury_cougar","1996_mercury_cougar","1997_mercury_cougar"]}],"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":[]}