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Service bulletin 0516

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10013304
Published by NHTSA2005-04-14
Manufacturer's number0516
Manufacturer's date2005-01-24
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

HARSH OR ERRATIC UPSHIFTS/DOWNSHIFTS - WRENCH LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P2544 - VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE 1/7/2005 AND EQUIPPED WITH THE (AWF21) 6 SPEED TRANSAXLE. *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

Trouble codes named

P2544

Vehicles listed
FORD FIVE HUNDRED2005
MERCURY MONTEGO2005

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

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