{"nhtsa_id":601018,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-12-08","date":"1998-03-18","document_id":"985A18","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT BRAKE ROUGHNESS (BRAKE PEDAL PULSATION, STEERING WHEEL SHAKE AND / OR NIBBLE) UNDER LIGHT BRAKE APPLICATIONS FROM 105 TO 0 KM/H (65 TO 0 MPH). *YC","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/601018","components":[{"id":"brakes","name":"Brakes","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"THUNDERBIRD","year_from":1993,"year_to":1997,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1993_ford_thunderbird","1994_ford_thunderbird","1995_ford_thunderbird","1996_ford_thunderbird","1997_ford_thunderbird"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"COUGAR","year_from":1993,"year_to":1997,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1993_mercury_cougar","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":[]}