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Service bulletin 97111097236

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 id53662
Published by NHTSA1998-03-30
Manufacturer's number97111097236
Manufacturer's date1997-11-10
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES AFTER A TRANSAXLE OVERHAUL MAY BE EXPERIENCE NO THIRD GEAR AND/OR REVERSE. *YC

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

Vehicles listed
FORD ASPIRE1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

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

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