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Service bulletin 9887

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 id601237
Published by NHTSA1998-07-10
Manufacturer's number9887
Manufacturer's date1998-04-27
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER

NHTSA's summary

EXPERIENCING A TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH SHUDDER OR VIBRATION. *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, Automatic transmission, Torque converter

Vehicles listed
FORD CROWN VICTORIA1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
FORD MUSTANG1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
FORD THUNDERBIRD1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
LINCOLN MARK VIII1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
LINCOLN TOWN CAR1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
MERCURY COUGAR1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

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

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