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January 1, 2000 Service bulletin

Some vehicles equipped with a 2.5L engine and built after may 5, 1999 may exhibit an intermittent hard/no...

Ford technical service bulletin 13830 for 1999-2000 Ford Contour, 1999-2000 Mercury Cougar and 1999-2000 Mercury Mystique.

Bulletin number
13830
Component
Engine and engine cooling: engine: gasoline
Summary
Some vehicles equipped with a 2.5l engine and built after may 5, 1999 may exhibit an intermittent hard/no start, rough idle or hesitation after a hot soak of approxinately 30 minutes. Mjs

Owners of these vehicles have filed 187 complaints in the engine category.

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