{"nhtsa_id":613321,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-06-21","date":"1998-11-01","document_id":"5190","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"ON SOME VEHICLES BUILT BETWEEN 9/14/98 AND 10/28/98, THE REAR LIFTGATE APPLIQUE LETTERING MAY BE DIFFICULT TO READ. NEW APPLIQUES HAVE NOW BEEN RELEASED WHICH INCORPORATE CHROME LETTERING TO ENHANCE THE VISIBILITY OF THE BRAND NAME. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/613321","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MERCURY","model":"MOUNTAINEER","year_from":1999,"year_to":1999,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1999_mercury_mountaineer"]}],"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":[]}