# Service bulletin 16971

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10003847
- Published by NHTSA: 2003\-11\-05
- Manufacturer's number: 16971
- Manufacturer's date: 2003\-07\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER

## NHTSA's summary

A FLUID LEAK COMING FROM WITHIN THE CONVERTER HOUSING ON VEHICLES WITH 5R55S TRANSMISSION. \*TT

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Torque converter

## Vehicles listed

- 2003 FORD EXPLORER
- 2003 LINCOLN AVIATOR
- 2003 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [02V313000](/recalls/nhtsa/02V313000.md), 2002-11-21: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [042107](/bulletins/10014086.md), 2005-04-28, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). GENERAL \(PCM\) POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. \*TT
- [042212](/bulletins/10013398.md), 2005-04-18, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION \(PRNDL\). GEAR SELECTOR LEVER \- INCREASED EFFORT TO SHIFT FROM DRIVE TO PARK. \*TT
- [04217](/bulletins/10013369.md), 2005-04-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). GENERAL POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE \(PCM\) PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. \*TT
- [03148](/bulletins/10003748.md), 2003-10-29, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES. NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER FLUSHER \- SERVICE TIPS. 2003 ESCORT AND SUPER DUTY F SERIES INCLUDED. \*TT
- [16702](/bulletins/10001945.md), 2003-07-28, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). 4X4 CONTROL MODULE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE ISSUES. \*TT \*JB

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