{"nhtsa_id":613051,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-06-16","date":"1998-11-01","document_id":"12075","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO 6/16/98 MAY HAVE A BROKEN/DETACHED IP CLUSTR BEZEL GAPHIDER. THE HIDER IS A HINGED FLAP BETWEEN THE STEERING COLUMN SHROUD AND THE IP BEZEL. *MJS","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/613051","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"steering-column","name":"Steering column and wheel","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"CONTOUR","year_from":1996,"year_to":1998,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_ford_contour","1997_ford_contour","1998_ford_contour"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"MYSTIQUE","year_from":1996,"year_to":1998,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_mercury_mystique","1997_mercury_mystique","1998_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":[]}