{"nhtsa_id":616506,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-03-01","date":"2000-11-01","document_id":"00M10S2","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE HEAD GASKET(S). THIS CONDITION MAY RESULT IN ENGINE COOLANT LEAKAGE, WHICH, IF NOT DETECTED, CAN CAUSE ENGINE OVERHEATING. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/616506","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"MUSTANG","year_from":1994,"year_to":1995,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1994_ford_mustang","1995_ford_mustang"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"THUNDERBIRD","year_from":1994,"year_to":1995,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1994_ford_thunderbird","1995_ford_thunderbird"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"COUGAR","year_from":1994,"year_to":1995,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1994_mercury_cougar","1995_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":[]}