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Service bulletin TSB-08-18-2

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 id10029205
Published by NHTSA2009-06-26
Manufacturer's numberTSB-08-18-2
Manufacturer's date2009-06-01
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

NHTSA's summary

FORD/MERCURY/LINCOLN: VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS: DRIVE AWAY HESITATION, LOSS OF RPM ON DECELERATION, DIFFICULTY STARTING, AND/OR IDLE RPM LESS THAN DESIRED. THE F53 MOTORHOME CHASSIS IS INCLUDED. *PE

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

Engine, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Transmission control module

Vehicles listed
FORD CROWN VICTORIA2005, 2006, 2007
FORD E-3502005, 2006
FORD E-4502005, 2006
FORD EXPLORER2006, 2007
FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC2006 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC2007
FORD F SUPER DUTY2005
FORD F-1502004, 2005, 2006
FORD MUSTANG2006
FORD SUPER DUTY2006
LINCOLN MARK LT2006
LINCOLN TOWN CAR2005, 2006, 2007
MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS2005, 2006, 2007
MERCURY MOUNTAINEER2006, 2007

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

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