{"nhtsa_id":624084,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-11-01","date":"2001-08-20","document_id":"01162","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO 22-SEP-2000, MAY EXHIBIT THE BRAKE LAMPS STAYING ON. *SLC","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/624084","components":[{"id":"lighting","name":"Lighting","parent":null},{"id":"brake-light","name":"Brake lights","parent":"lighting"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MERCURY","model":"COUGAR","year_from":1999,"year_to":2001,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1999_mercury_cougar","2000_mercury_cougar","2001_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":[]}