# 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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10013304
- Published by NHTSA: 2005\-04\-14
- Manufacturer's number: 0516
- Manufacturer's date: 2005\-01\-24
- NHTSA component: POWER 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

- 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED
- 2005 MERCURY MONTEGO

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SSM 52567](/bulletins/11000557.md), 2024-05-30, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. Motorcraft® Continuously Variable Chain\-Type Transmission Fluid \(XT\-7\-QCFT in non\-Canadian markets, CXT\-7\-LCF12 in Canada\) is no longer manufactured and will only be available until inventory depletes. The recommended replacement fluids are Phillips 66 VersaTrans® CVT Plus Fluid or Kendall VersaTrans® CVT Plus Fluid. Mixing Motorcraft® CVT fluid \(blue\-green color\) with these replacement fluids \(red color\) in the same transmission is acceptable.
- [06245](/bulletins/10022294.md), 2007-07-25, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION HARSH SHIFTING \- NO DTC'S \- MILEAGE OVER 20,000 MILES. \*KB
- [0718](/bulletins/10021220.md), 2007-03-23, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION SHIFTER BINDING / HIGH EFFORT BEZEL REPLACEMENT. \*KB
- [06114](/bulletins/10020134.md), 2006-07-26, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSAXLE \(CVT\) NOISE DIAGNOSIS. \*TT
- [06411](/bulletins/10019914.md), 2006-05-11, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. OIL LEAK FROM POWER TRANSFER UNIT. \*TT
- [05245](/bulletins/10018933.md), 2006-01-25, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. HARSH/ERRATIC/SLOW DOWNSHIFTS OR TIP\-IN HESITATION \-\- 6 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE \-\- VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE 10/17/2005. \*TT
- [05L25](/bulletins/10018076.md), 2005-12-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SPECIAL FIELD ACTION 05L25 \- OUTPUT SHAFT SPEED \(OSS\) SENSOR; TURBINE SHAFT SPEED \(TSS\) SENSOR; TRANSMISSION FLUID TEMPERATURE \(TOT\) SENSOR WERE INADVERTENTLY OMITTED FROM THE CALIFORNIA LONG\-TERM DEFECTS WARRANTY PARTS TABLE. \*TT
- [18730](/bulletins/10017862.md), 2005-12-06, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. VEHICLES WITH A CVT TRANSAXLE, MAY EXHIBIT A FLUID LEAK FROM THE TRANSAXLE OIL PAN AREA. \*TT
- [18361](/bulletins/10014624.md), 2005-05-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. OIL LEAK FROM POWER TRANSFER UNIT. \*EH
- [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

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