{"nhtsa_id":612409,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-06-08","date":"2000-02-01","document_id":"8195","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION:REAR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES BUILT ON DECEMBER 13, 1999, AT KANSAS CITY ASSEMBLY PLANT MAY EXHIBIT A CREAKING OR GRUNTING TYPE NOISE FROM THE REAR SUSPENSION. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/612409","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"CONTOUR","year_from":2000,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_ford_contour"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"MYSTIQUE","year_from":2000,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["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":[]}