# Service bulletin SI\-20005

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: 10032229
- Published by NHTSA: 2010\-02\-24
- Manufacturer's number: SI\-20005
- Manufacturer's date: 2007\-10\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

## NHTSA's summary

FORD/MERCURY: SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 6R60 TRANSMISSIONS MAY EXHIBIT VARIOUS TRANSMISSION PERFORMANCE ISSUES. WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER TRANSMISSIONS, SOME OF THE SHIFT CHARACTERISTICS ARE DIFFERENT THAN PREVIOUS MODELS DUE TO THE 100% SYNCHRONOUS DESIGN OF THE 6R60. \*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

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Manual transmission

## Vehicles listed

- 2006 to 2007 FORD EXPLORER
- 2006 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC
- 2007 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC
- 2006 to 2007 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SSM 51909](/bulletins/10243490.md), 2023-10-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. When performing any transmission fluid changes or topoffs involving MERCON SP, MERCON LV has replaced all versions of MERCON SP and can be used going forward. Mixing MERCON LV and MERCON SP in the same transmission is acceptable. After 30\-Jun\-2023, MERCON SP ATF will no longer be manufactured and will only be available until inventory depletes.
- [TSB\-08\-18\-2](/bulletins/10029205.md), 2009-06-26, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). 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
- [TSB\-08\-9\-5](/bulletins/10026385.md), 2008-10-24, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). FORD/MERCURY: 4.0L/4.6L HARD START/ROUGH RUNNING; AFTER LONG HOT SOAK/DIP IN RPM WHEN COMING TO A STOP; BUILT ON OR BEFORE 4/2/08. MAY EXHIBIT A DIP IN RPM BELOW NORMAL IDLE LEVEL OF 600 RPM ON DECELERATION. \*PE
- [20144](/bulletins/10024695.md), 2008-05-08, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). MULTIPLE VEHICLE LINES \- INTERMITTENT PCM, FUEL PUMP, IGN. COIL, A/C, ABS OR FOG LAMP OPERATION. \*NJ
- [19865](/bulletins/10023295.md), 2007-11-08, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). MULTIPLE VEHICLE LINES \- INTERMITTENT PCM, FUEL PUMP, IGN, COIL, A/C, ABS OR FOG LAMP OPERATION. \*NJ
- [0728](/bulletins/10021279.md), 2007-03-28, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. OVERHEAT INDICATION AND SHIFT QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS \- CALIBRATION UPDATE RELEASE \- 4.6L 3V WITH 6R60 TRANSMISSION EQUIPPED VEHICLES ONLY. \*KB
- [061713](/bulletins/10021040.md), 2007-02-26, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. CALIBRATION UPDATE 4.0L \- VARIOUS SYMPTOMS \- SURGE, HESITATION, TORQUE CONVERTER CYCLING, NO UP SHIFT AFTER FORCED DOWNSHIFT, AND POOR A/C PERFORMANCE. \*KB
- [05236](/bulletins/10019029.md), 2006-02-10, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. HARSH OR DELAYED 1\-2, 2\-1 AND/OR 3\-2 SHIFT. \*TT

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