{"nhtsa_id":6091673,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-11-09","date":"1999-05-01","document_id":"12702","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME 5-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION EQUIPPED VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO MARCH 15, 1999 MAY EXHIBIT A GRINDING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END ON TURNS. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/6091673","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"manual-transmission","name":"Manual transmission","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MERCURY","model":"COUGAR","year_from":1999,"year_to":1999,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1999_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":[]}