# Service bulletin 04B22

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: 10013306
- Published by NHTSA: 2005\-04\-14
- Manufacturer's number: 04B22
- Manufacturer's date: 2005\-05\-27
- Replaces: 04B22
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

## NHTSA's summary

IMPROPERLY FORMULATED TRANSMISSION FLUID THAT, OVER TIME, MAY CAUSE DELAYED/HARSH REVERSE ENGAGEMENTS. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 04B22. 5R55S/E \& 5R44E TRANSMISSION FLUID ADDITIVE. \*TT SUPPLEMENT \#1. \*TT SUPPLEMENT \#2. \*TT SUPPLEMENT \#3. \*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

- 2004 to 2005 FORD EXPLORER
- 2004 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC
- 2004 to 2005 FORD RANGER
- 2004 FORD THUNDERBIRD
- 2004 to 2005 LINCOLN AVIATOR
- 2004 LINCOLN LS
- 2004 to 2005 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [0708](/bulletins/10022290.md), 2007-07-25, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SOLENOID EMISSIONS WARRANTY EXTENSION. SAMPLE CONSUMER LETTER ATTACHED. \*KB
- [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
- [0527](/bulletins/10012938.md), 2005-04-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. 5R55S TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKS FROM CONVERTER HOUSING AREA. DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P1783 ON VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO 12/12/2004. \*TT
- [04132](/bulletins/10009316.md), 2004-09-22, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. HARSH 2\-3 UPSHIFT ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 3.0L ENGINE AND 5R55S AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. \*TT
- [17883](/bulletins/10008268.md), 2004-07-24, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. DELAYED/HARSH REVERSE ENGAGEMENT. \*TT
- [17852](/bulletins/10008258.md), 2004-07-24, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ON, E DISPLAYED FOR GEAR POSITION, HARSH SHIFTS, AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTCS\) P0705 AND P1702 AFTER POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE \(PCM\) REPROGRAMMING. \*TT

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