{"nhtsa_id":615267,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-01-10","date":"1998-08-01","document_id":"11766","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING VEHICLES THAT EXHIBIT BRAKE NOISE WHILE SLOWING TO A STOP. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/615267","components":[{"id":"brakes","name":"Brakes","parent":null}],"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":[]}