# Service bulletin 18730

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: 10017862
- Published by NHTSA: 2005\-12\-06
- Manufacturer's number: 18730
- Manufacturer's date: 2005\-07\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

## NHTSA's summary

VEHICLES WITH A CVT TRANSAXLE, MAY EXHIBIT A FLUID LEAK FROM THE TRANSAXLE OIL PAN AREA. \*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, Axle

## Vehicles listed

- 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED
- 2005 FORD FREESTAR
- 2005 MERCURY MONTEGO

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [18361](/bulletins/10014624.md), 2005-05-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. OIL LEAK FROM POWER TRANSFER UNIT. \*EH
- [18378](/bulletins/10013317.md), 2005-04-14, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. OIL LEAK FROM POWER TRANSFER UNIT. \*TT

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