# Service bulletin 982675

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: 603573
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-02\-25
- Manufacturer's number: 982675
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-04\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL

## NHTSA's summary

A REVISED FORWARD CLUTCH INNER SEAL FOR THE AXOD, AXODE, AX4S \& AX4N TRANSAXLE IS AVAILABLE WITH IMPROVED SEALING AND REDUCED CHANCE OF THE SEAL ROLLING DURING INSTALLATION. \*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, Axle

## Vehicles listed

- 1988 CONTINENTAL TRAILER CONTINENTAL
- 1986 to 1998 FORD TAURUS
- 1997 FORD WINDSOR
- 1995 to 1998 FORD WINDSTAR
- 1989 to 1998 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
- 1986 to 1998 MERCURY SABLE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [12V193000](/recalls/nhtsa/12V193000.md), 2012-05-03: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [01171](/bulletins/625687.md), 2001-11-30, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. TRANSAXLE \- AX4S \- REPLACEMENT APPLICATION CHART \- WINDSTAR VEHICLES ONLY. \*NLM
- [15142](/bulletins/624854.md), 2001-11-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HARSH 2\-3 SHIFT AFTER INSTALLING A REMANUFACTURED AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE. \*YH
- [15059](/bulletins/621059.md), 2001-09-06, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. CONCERNS WITH VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A AX4N / 4F50N TRANSAXLE EXHIBITING A SHUDDER DURING A 3\-4 SHIFT. \*TT
- [14220](/bulletins/620388.md), 2001-08-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. INFORMATION USED TO SERVICE AX4N TRANSAXLE EQUIPPED VEHICLES EXHIBITING SHUDDER DURING 3\-4 SHIFT. \*TT
- [0117](/bulletins/618077.md), 2001-04-03, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SUBJECT REGARDING REMANUFACTURED AX4S SHO TRANSAXLES BUILT WITH A UNIQUE TRIPLE CLUTCH PACK ASSEMBLY AND DRIVEN SPROCKET SUPPORT. \*TT
- [010107](/bulletins/618020.md), 2001-04-03, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME REMANUFACTURED AX4S SHO TRANSAXLES USED ON CERTAIN VEHICLES WILL BE BUILT WITH A UNIQUE TRIPLE CLUTCH PACK ASSEMBLY AND DRIVEN SPROCKET SUPPORT. \*JB
- [4707](/bulletins/615246.md), 2001-01-10, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. 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
- [14220](/bulletins/613907.md), 2000-09-21, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN AX4N TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A SHUDDER DURING A 3\-4 SHIFT. \*TT
- [13024](/bulletins/610767.md), 2000-05-12, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE AX4S TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A HARSH 3\-2 DOWNSHIFT WHEN COASTING AROUND A CORNER AND THEN STEPPING INTO THE THROTTLE TO ACCELERATE AWAY FROM THE CORNER. \*TT
- [99184](/bulletins/6090053.md), 2000-03-06, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AX4S TRANSAXLE, MAY EXHIBIT A HARSH 2\-3 DOWNSHIFT MAY OCCUR WHEN COASTING AROUND A CORNER AND THEN ACCELERATING. \*TT

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