# Service bulletin 04268

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: 10014277
- Published by NHTSA: 2005\-04\-29
- Manufacturer's number: 04268
- Manufacturer's date: 2004\-12\-31
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN

## NHTSA's summary

INCREASED EFFORT DURING LOW SPEED SHARP TURNS ON 4X4 VEHICLES. \*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

## Vehicles listed

- 2004 to 2005 FORD EXPLORER
- 2004 to 2005 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TSB\-08\-19\-3](/bulletins/10028736.md), 2009-05-21, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL; POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT. FORD: SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT OIL SEPARATION FROM THE INTERNAL LUBE FOUND IN THE UNITIZED CARTRIDGE SEAL. OIL SEPARATION APPEARS TO BE AND IS OFTEN MISDIAGNOSED, AS AN AXLE LUBE LEAK. \*PE
- [0645](/bulletins/10019947.md), 2006-05-17, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. NEUTRAL TOW CAPABILITY \- SERVICE KIT REQUIREMENTS. \*TT
- [18815](/bulletins/10018069.md), 2005-12-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE \(4\-WHEEL DRIVE\). A TINY CRACK, OR CRACKS, AROUND THE TRANSFER CASE DRAIN PLUG HOLE. \*TT
- [05612](/bulletins/10017898.md), 2005-12-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. DELAYED OR HARSH REVERSE ENGAGEMENTS \- 5R55S TRANSMISSION \- VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO 09/23/2004. \*TT
- [05618](/bulletins/10017892.md), 2005-12-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR AXLE NOISE REPAIR. \*TT
- [18478](/bulletins/10014668.md), 2005-05-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AXLE SEAL LEAKS. \*EH
- [18466](/bulletins/10014659.md), 2005-05-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AXLE WHINE HOWL. THIS INCLUDES 1997\-05 FORD VEHICLES. \*EH
- [06216](/bulletins/10014100.md), 2005-04-28, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. LIMITED SLIP AXLE CHATTER, SHUDDER, BINDING SENSATION, OR VIBRATION DURING LOW SPEED TURNING MANEUVERS. \*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
- [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

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