{"nhtsa_id":636067,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2002-11-05","date":"2002-03-04","document_id":"0246","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT COMPLAINTS OF FALSE ALARM ACTIVATION OFTHE PERIMETER ANTI-THEFT ALARM OR BEING INOPERATIVE. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/636067","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MERCURY","model":"COUGAR","year_from":1999,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1999_mercury_cougar","2000_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":[]}