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Service bulletin 962418

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 id50916
Published by NHTSA1997-06-17
Manufacturer's number962418
Manufacturer's date1996-11-18
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

TRANSMISSION - E40D - REVISED DESIGN FORWARD PLANET THRUST WASHER - SERVICE TIP. *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
FORD BRONCO1996
FORD ECONOLINE1996 to 1997
FORD EXPEDITION1997
FORD F SUPER DUTY1996, 1997
FORD F-1501996, 1997
FORD F-2501996, 1997
FORD F-3501996, 1997
FORD F-531996 to 1997

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
97V1710001997-10-07. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
97V1470001997-09-09. 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.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
0421072005-04-28. Service bulletin. GENERAL (PCM) POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. *TT
042172005-04-15. Service bulletin. GENERAL POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. *TT
031482003-10-29. Service bulletin. NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER FLUSHER - SERVICE TIPS. 2003 ESCORT AND SUPER DUTY F SERIES INCLUDED. *TT
157492002-11-07. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4 WHEEL DRIVE MAY EXHIBIT A NOTCHY OR STICKING FEELING IN SLOW SPEED TURNS WITH NO EFFECT ON STEERING EFFORTS OR ASSIST WHILE IN THE AUTOMATIC 4X4 POSITION. *TT
011812001-11-30. Service bulletin. BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK.*JB
011662001-11-01. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT WATER IN THE TRANSFER CASE, THIS COULD CAUSE LOW RANGE 4X4 LAMP TO ILLUMINATE, SHORT OF TRANSFER CASE SWITCH, OR WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO BE ERRATIC OR INOPERATIVE. *SLC
0023102001-03-05. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING CONTAMINATION FROM PRIOR TRANSMISSION CONCERNS OR EXCESS WEAR MAY BE TRAPPED IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLING SYSTEM. *TT
122482001-01-17. Service bulletin. SOME HEAVY DUTY AND SUPER DUTY VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT VARIOUS TRANSMISSION CONCERNS, INCLUDING STALL ON TRANSMISSION ENGAGEMENT AND / OR A BUZZ NOISE ON ENGAGEMENT. *TT
53162001-01-16. Service bulletin. SOME SUPER DUTY 7.3L E4OD AND 7.3L 4R100 VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT VARIOUS TRANSMISSION CONCERNS, INCLUDING STALL ON TRANSMISSION ENGAGEMENT AND / OR A BUZZ NOISE ON ENGAGEMENT. *TT
52512001-01-13. Service bulletin. SOME SUPER DUTY VEHICLES WITH 7.3L DIT DIESEL ENGINES MAY EXHIBIT 4X4 LIGHTS ON, 4X4 INOPERATIVE AND / OR MULTIPLE GEM CODES. *TT