# Service bulletin 9865

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: 601316
- Published by NHTSA: 1998\-07\-22
- Manufacturer's number: 9865
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-03\-30
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER

## NHTSA's summary

TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH NOT ENGAGING AND/OR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE \(DTC\) P0741 OR P1744 STORED IN MEMORY. \*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

## Trouble codes named

P0741, P1744

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 to 1998 FORD TAURUS
- 1996 to 1998 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
- 1996 to 1998 MERCURY SABLE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [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

## 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
- [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
- [14918](/bulletins/620183.md), 2001-07-19, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). THIS BULLETIN STATES THAT ON SOME VEHICLES \(INCLUDING 2002 BLACKWOOD\) A BATTERY DISCONNECT OR PARAMETER RESET IS REQUIRED DURING POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE \(PCM\) OR INSTRUMENT CLUSTER \(VIC / HEC / ICM\) REPLACEMENT. \*TT
- [00E11](/bulletins/619150.md), 2001-05-16, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). SERVICE ACTION 00E11, SUPPLEMENT \#1 \- UPDATE INFORMATION REGARDING ON\-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM UPGRADE. \*TT
- [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

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