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Service bulletin BC0680961024

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 id50357
Published by NHTSA1997-04-24
Manufacturer's numberBC0680961024
Manufacturer's date1996-10-24
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

VEHICLES SHIPPED W/ LOW TRANSAXLE FLUID LEVEL. *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
FORD TAURUS1997
FORD WINDSTAR1997
MERCURY SABLE1997

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

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130242000-05-12. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE AX4S TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A HARSH 3-2 DOWNSHIFT WHEN COASTING AROUND A CORNER AND THEN STEPPING INTO THE THROTTLE TO ACCELERATE AWAY FROM THE CORNER. *TT
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9967351999-12-01. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE AX4S TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A HARSH 3-2 DOWNSHIFT WHEN COASTING AROUND A CORNER AND THEN STEPPING INTO THE THROTTLE TO ACCELERATE AWAY FROM THE CORNER. *TT
982211999-03-03. Service bulletin. INTERMITTENT NEUTRAL CONDITION AFTER DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP. *YC
9826751999-02-25. Service bulletin. A REVISED FORWARD CLUTCH INNER SEAL FOR THE AXOD, AXODE, AX4S & AX4N TRANSAXLE IS AVAILABLE WITH IMPROVED SEALING AND REDUCED CHANCE OF THE SEAL ROLLING DURING INSTALLATION. *YC
BC00119723011997-06-27. Service bulletin. BUZZ NOISE IN AX4S TRANSAXLES. *JD
BC51979610011997-04-24. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED W/ AN AX4S TRANSAXLE MAY HAVE BEEN SHIPPED W/ A LOW TRANSAXLE FLUID LEVEL. *TT