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Service bulletin BC8899950401

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 id3010700
Published by NHTSA1995-11-01
Manufacturer's numberBC8899950401
Manufacturer's date1995-04-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:SHOES/LININGS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:SOLENOID

NHTSA's summary

UNKNOWN

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

Brakes, Electrical system, Engine, Glass, wipers and mirrors, Heating and air conditioning, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Brake drums and shoes, Starter, Torque converter

Vehicles listed
FORD THUNDERBIRD1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
91V0480001991-03-18. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
83V0280001983-03-07. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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99961999-08-20. Service bulletin. EXPERIENCING A DELAYED OR NO 2-3 UPSHIFT, PRIMARILY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS COLD ON VEHICLES WITH FORD QALITY REMANUFACTURED (FQR) 4R70W TRANSMISSION EXCHANGE UNITS WITH JULIAN BUILD BETWEEN 062-97 AND 040-99. *TT
981121999-07-12. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING A NEW SERVICE CENTER SUPPORT THAT USES A THRUST BEARING (#3 AND #4) IN PLACE OF THRUST WASHERS HAS BEEN RELEASED. *TT
98881998-07-10. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON A NEW TRANSMISSION FLUID USAGE CHART. *YC
98871998-07-10. Service bulletin. EXPERIENCING A TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH SHUDDER OR VIBRATION. *YC
971110972341998-03-30. Service bulletin. VEHICLES EXHIBITING A "SQUEAKING" OR "CHIRPING" FROM THE BLOWER MOTOR AT LOW BLOWER MOTOR SPEEDS. *YC