# Service bulletin 03261

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: 10008279
- Published by NHTSA: 2004\-07\-26
- Manufacturer's number: 03261
- Manufacturer's date: 2003\-01\-05
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

## NHTSA's summary

NEW SERVICE PART \- NUMBER 5 NEEDLE BEARING AND RACE KIT \- 4R70W TRANSMISSION \- SERVICE TIP. \*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

## Vehicles listed

- 1994 to 2003 FORD CROWN VICTORIA
- 1994 to 2003 FORD E SERIES
- 2004 FORD E\-150
- 2004 FORD E\-250
- 2004 FORD E\-350
- 1996 to 2001 FORD EXPLORER
- 1994 to 2003 FORD F SERIES
- 1994 to 2003 FORD MUSTANG
- 1994 to 1997 FORD THUNDERBIRD
- 1994 to 1998 LINCOLN MARK VIII
- 1994 to 2003 LINCOLN TOWN CAR
- 1994 to 1997 MERCURY COUGAR
- 1994 to 2003 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS
- 1997 to 2001 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [00V395000](/recalls/nhtsa/00V395000.md), 2000-11-28: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\)

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SSM 51909](/bulletins/10243490.md), 2023-10-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. When performing any transmission fluid changes or topoffs involving MERCON SP, MERCON LV has replaced all versions of MERCON SP and can be used going forward. Mixing MERCON LV and MERCON SP in the same transmission is acceptable. After 30\-Jun\-2023, MERCON SP ATF will no longer be manufactured and will only be available until inventory depletes.
- [ASI\-44534](/bulletins/10056196.md), 2014-10-01, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. FORD: WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN PARK, REVERSE AND/OR DURING 2\-3 SHIFT, AN INTERMITTENT CLUNK OCCURS WITH A TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSION. MODEL 2003\-2014 F\-SUPER DUTY, E SERIES, EXCURSION, F\-53 MOTORHOME CHASSIS, LOW CAB FORWARD. \*PE
- [ASI\-44404](/bulletins/10055629.md), 2014-06-24, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. FORD: ON SOME TRUCKS, THERE IS A NO CRANK SITUATION AND IF VOLTAGE ON TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR AT PIN 21, IS LESS THAN 5 VOLTS, DISCONNECT THE ENGINE COOLING FAN CLUTCH, ELECTRONICALLY, AND RECHECK VOLTAGE. MODEL 2003\-2007 F SUPER DUTY, 2004\-2010 E SERIES, 2003\-2005 EXCURSION.
- [18822](/bulletins/10018070.md), 2005-12-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSION \- INTERMITTENT CLUNK WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE GEAR OR DRIVE GEAR TO PARK. MULTIPLE VEHICLES. FORD OASIS. TO INCLUDE 2006 FORD F\-53. \*TT
- [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
- [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
- [18376](/bulletins/10013316.md), 2005-04-14, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. A COLD WEATHER REVERSE ENGAGEMENT STALL. \*TT
- [17810](/bulletins/10008569.md), 2004-08-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHERE THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF METAL OR DEBRIS IN THE PAN. \*TT
- [02222](/bulletins/10008305.md), 2004-07-27, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. NOISE\-GEAR WHINE NOISE IN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR ONLY\-VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 5R55E TRANSMISSION AND 4.0L ENGINE ONLY. \*MJ
- [17425](/bulletins/10008294.md), 2004-07-27, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. DRIVEABILITY CONCERNS, SUCH AS STALLING WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE. \*TT

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