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Service bulletin TSB-13-5-27

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 id10053274
Published by NHTSA2013-10-18
Manufacturer's numberTSB-13-5-27
Manufacturer's date2013-05-27
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

FORD/LINCOLN: ON SOME VEHICLES, TRANSMISSION 5TH GEAR START AT STOP, SPEED CONTROL DROPS OR INOPERATIVE, BACKUP CAMERA ON IN DRIVE, 5TH GEAR START FROM STOP AND TRANSMISSION SLIPPING OR NEUTRAL OUT, DUE TO DIGITAL TRANSMISSION RANGE (TR) SENSOR HIGH RESISTANCE. MODELS 2009-11 EDGE, TAURUS, FLEX; 2009-11 MKS, MKX, MKT. *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, Manual transmission

Vehicles listed
FORD EDGE2009, 2010, 2011
FORD FLEX2009, 2010, 2011
FORD TAURUS2009, 2010, 2011
LINCOLN MKS2009, 2010, 2011
LINCOLN MKT2010, 2011
LINCOLN MKX2009, 2010, 2011

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
SB-214302010-12-13. Service bulletin. FORD/LINCOLN: TRANSMISSION BUILT BEFORE 6/1/10 WITH 4TH GEAR START, DELAY/HESITATION ON ACCELERATION FROM A STOP-NO DTCS. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY A STICKING MULTIPLEX SHIFT VALVE IN THE VALVE BODY. *PE