{"nhtsa_id":615549,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-01-18","date":"1998-12-01","document_id":"12304","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME 2.0L EQUIPPED VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE APRIL 1, 1998 MAY EXHIBIT A BROKEN OR LEAKING WATER PUMP. AN IMPROVED WATER PUMP IS NOW AVAILABLE. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/615549","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"cooling-system","name":"Cooling system","parent":"engine"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"CONTOUR","year_from":1998,"year_to":1998,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1998_ford_contour"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"MYSTIQUE","year_from":1998,"year_to":1998,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["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":[]}