{"nhtsa_id":636386,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2002-11-07","date":"2002-03-01","document_id":"15750","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME COUGARS MAY EXHIBIT HIGHER THAN NORMAL STEERING EFFORTS AND / OR STEERING SYSTEM LEAKS. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/636386","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MERCURY","model":"COUGAR","year_from":2002,"year_to":2002,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2002_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":[]}