# Service bulletin BC0542961107

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: 50781
- Published by NHTSA: 1997\-06\-17
- Manufacturer's number: BC0542961107
- Manufacturer's date: 1996\-11\-07
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION \(PRNDL\)

## NHTSA's summary

INSTRUCTIONS ON PERFORMING THE INSPECTION DURING RECALL 96S51. \*TW

## 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

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 FORD TAURUS
- 1996 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
- 1996 MERCURY SABLE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [96V176000](/recalls/nhtsa/96V176000.md), 1996-09-18: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- [96V166000](/recalls/nhtsa/96V166000.md), 1996-09-05: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION \(PRNDL\)
- [96V086000](/recalls/nhtsa/96V086000.md), 1996-05-14: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [03148](/bulletins/10003748.md), 2003-10-29, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES. NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER FLUSHER \- SERVICE TIPS. 2003 ESCORT AND SUPER DUTY F SERIES INCLUDED. \*TT
- [03123](/bulletins/10002684.md), 2003-09-10, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH NOT ENGAGING WHEN COMMANDED AND/OR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0741 OR P1744 STORED IN MEMORY. MODELS FROM 1996 TO 2003. \*TT
- [01181](/bulletins/625715.md), 2001-11-30, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH. BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK.\*JB
- [5205](/bulletins/615337.md), 2001-01-13, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A NGS ERROR MESSAGE, TOTAL CHECKSUM ERROR AFTER NGS / SBTS PCM REPROGRAMMING. \*TT
- [11815](/bulletins/615311.md), 2001-01-12, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). SOME VEHICLES WITH AX4S TRANSAXLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN OF INCREASED ENGINE RPM AND BUMP ON THE 3\-2 TORQUE DEMAND DOWN SHIFT AT LIGHT THROTTLE \(TIP\-IN\) BETWEEN 10\-15 MPH. \*TT
- [99152](/bulletins/608431.md), 2001-01-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. INFORMATION ON THE NEW FLUSH AND FILL TOOL AVAILABLE THROUGH ROTUNDA. \*TT
- [12169](/bulletins/613186.md), 2000-06-19, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A NGS ERROR MESSAGE AFTER NGS/SBTS PCM REPROGRAMMING. \*MJS
- [984986](/bulletins/613027.md), 2000-06-16, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. EXHIBITING A HIGHER THAN EXPECTED ENGINE RPM \(FLARE\) AND HARSH BUMP ON THE 3\-2 TORQUE DEMAND DOWN SHIFT AT LIGHT THROTTLE \(TIP IN\) 16\-24 KM/H \(10\-15 MPH\). \*TT
- [0015](/bulletins/612203.md), 2000-06-06, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. INFORMATION REGARDING THE NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER FLUSHER\- SERVICE TIP. \*MJS
- [983112](/bulletins/607407.md), 1999-09-22, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT NEUTRAL CONDITION AFTER DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP. \*TT

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