{"nhtsa_id":616819,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-03-13","date":"2000-12-11","document_id":"00252","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"ON SOME VEHICLES, AN OBJECTIONABLE EXHAUST, SULFUR, OR ROTTEN EGG ODOR FOLLOWING AGGRESSIVE DRIVING, SUCH AS FULL-THROTTLE ACCELERATION MAY OCCUR. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/616819","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"CONTOUR","year_from":1998,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1998_ford_contour","1999_ford_contour","2000_ford_contour"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"COUGAR","year_from":1999,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1999_mercury_cougar","2000_mercury_cougar"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"MYSTIQUE","year_from":1998,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1998_mercury_mystique","1999_mercury_mystique","2000_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":[]}