# Service bulletin 9888 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: 601238 - Published by NHTSA: 1998\-07\-10 - Manufacturer's number: 9888 - Manufacturer's date: 1998\-04\-27 - NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ## NHTSA's summary INFORMATION ON A NEW TRANSMISSION FLUID USAGE CHART. \*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 ## Vehicles listed - 1986 to 1997 FORD AEROSTAR - 1998 FORD AEROSTAR - 1994 to 1997 FORD ASPIRE - 1980 FORD BRONCO - 1981 to 1996 FORD BRONCO - 1984 to 1990 FORD BRONCO II - 1991 to 1992 FORD BRONCO II - 1995 to 1998 FORD CONTOUR - 1980 to 1986 FORD CROWN VICTORIA - 1987 to 1990 FORD CROWN VICTORIA - 1992 to 1998 FORD CROWN VICTORIA - 1981 to 1998 FORD ECONOLINE - 1981 to 1998 FORD ESCORT - 1982 to 1988 FORD EXP - 1997 to 1998 FORD EXPEDITION - 1991 to 1995 FORD EXPLORER - 1997 to 1998 FORD EXPLORER - 1988 to 1992 FORD F SUPER DUTY - 1995 to 1997 FORD F SUPER DUTY - 1991 to 1996 FORD F\-150 - 1998 FORD F\-150 - 1991 to 1998 FORD F\-250 - 1991 to 1997 FORD F\-250 SD - 1991 to 1997 FORD F\-350 - 1981 to 1990 FORD F150 - 1985 to 1990 FORD F250 HD - 1985 to 1990 FORD F250 LD - 1981 to 1990 FORD F350 - 1986 to 1987 FORD FESTIVA - 1988 to 1993 FORD FESTIVA - 1981 to 1997 FORD MUSTANG - 1989 to 1990 FORD PROBE - 1992 to 1997 FORD PROBE - 1983 to 1998 FORD RANGER - 1999 FORD SUPER DUTY F SERIES - 1986 to 1998 FORD TAURUS - 1988 to 1994 FORD TEMPO - 1981 to 1990 FORD THUNDERBIRD - 1992 to 1997 FORD THUNDERBIRD - 1995 to 1998 FORD WINDSTAR - 1981 to 1998 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL - 1984 to 1992 LINCOLN MARK VII - 1989 LINCOLN MARK VIII - 1993 to 1998 LINCOLN MARK VIII - 1980 LINCOLN TOWN CAR - 1981 to 1987 LINCOLN TOWN CAR - 1989 to 1998 LINCOLN TOWN CAR - 1991 to 1994 MERCURY CAPRI - 1981 to 1984 MERCURY COUGAR - 1986 to 1988 MERCURY COUGAR - 1990 to 1991 MERCURY COUGAR - 1993 to 1997 MERCURY COUGAR - 1980 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS - 1981 to 1998 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS - 1982 MERCURY LN7 - 1984 to 1987 MERCURY LN7 - 1997 to 1998 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER - 1995 to 1998 MERCURY MYSTIQUE - 1986 to 1998 MERCURY SABLE - 1986 to 1987 MERCURY TOPAZ - 1994 MERCURY TOPAZ - 1998 MERCURY TOPAZ - 1987 MERCURY TRACER - 1988 to 1997 MERCURY TRACER - 1993 to 1998 MERCURY VILLAGER ## Recalls for the same vehicles and component - [99V204000](/recalls/nhtsa/99V204000.md), 1999-07-28: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - [98V233000](/recalls/nhtsa/98V233000.md), 1998-09-18: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT - [97V171000](/recalls/nhtsa/97V171000.md), 1997-10-07: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION \(PRNDL\) - [97V097000](/recalls/nhtsa/97V097000.md), 1997-06-09: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - [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 - [93V180000](/recalls/nhtsa/93V180000.md), 1993-11-05: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES - [91V189000](/recalls/nhtsa/91V189000.md), 1991-11-04: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - [91V048000](/recalls/nhtsa/91V048000.md), 1991-03-18: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component - [042107](/bulletins/10014086.md), 2005-04-28, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). GENERAL \(PCM\) POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. \*TT - [04217](/bulletins/10013369.md), 2005-04-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). GENERAL POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE \(PCM\) PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. \*TT - [17810](/bulletins/10008569.md), 2004-08-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHERE THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF METAL OR DEBRIS IN THE PAN. \*TT - [03261](/bulletins/10008279.md), 2004-07-26, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. NEW SERVICE PART \- NUMBER 5 NEEDLE BEARING AND RACE KIT \- 4R70W TRANSMISSION \- SERVICE TIP. \*TT - [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 - [15894](/bulletins/637775.md), 2002-12-06, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SUBJECT REGARDING AUTOMATIC SHIFTER ASSEMBLY OR THE INDICATOR HOUSING REPLACEMENT. \*TT - [02136](/bulletins/635994.md), 2002-11-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH. ON SOME VEHICLES, THE BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK MAY BE INOPERATIVE, NOW ALLOWING THE OPERATOR TO MOVE THE SHIFT LEVER FROM THE PARK POSITION. STOP LAMP OPERATION MAY ALSO BE AFFECTED. \*TT - [01181](/bulletins/625715.md), 2001-11-30, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH. BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK.\*JB - [01166](/bulletins/624099.md), 2001-11-01, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT. 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 JSON: [/v1/bulletins/601238](/v1/bulletins/601238) [Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20Service%20bulletin%209888&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Fbulletins%2F601238&vehicle=Service%20bulletin%209888)