{"nhtsa_id":612319,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-06-07","date":"2000-02-01","document_id":"8128","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A HOOT NOISE FROM THE IDLE IDLE AIR BYPASS SOLENOID ON DECELERATION, USUALLY IN COLD AMBIENT TEMPERATURES. THE IDLE SPEED MAY ALSO REMAIN SLIGHTLY HIGHER OR LOWER THAN DESIRED WHEN THIS NOISE IS PRESENT. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/612319","components":[{"id":"speed-control","name":"Throttle and cruise control","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"CONTOUR","year_from":1998,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1998_ford_contour","1999_ford_contour","2000_ford_contour"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"COUGAR","year_from":1999,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1999_mercury_cougar","2000_mercury_cougar"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"MYSTIQUE","year_from":1998,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1998_mercury_mystique","1999_mercury_mystique","2000_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":[]}