# Service bulletin 982311

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: 603725
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-03\-03
- Manufacturer's number: 982311
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-11\-23
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

## NHTSA's summary

MINIMAL CLEARANCE OF THE CD4E TRANSAXLE TO SUBFRAME MAKES TRANSAXLE INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL MORE DIFFICULT. \*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

- 1995 to 1999 FORD CONTOUR
- 1994 to 1997 FORD PROBE
- 1995 to 1999 MERCURY MYSTIQUE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [0224](/bulletins/630631.md), 2002-04-19, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE CD4E TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT HARSH AND DELAYED 1\-2/2\-3 UPSHIFTS AFTER TRANSAXLE OR TURBINE SHAFT SPEED SENSOR REPLACEMENT, POSSIBLE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES 628, 642, 645, 646, 647, 648, P0731, P0732, P0734, P0741 AND P01744. \*TT
- [14936](/bulletins/620232.md), 2001-07-23, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH CD4E AUTO TRANSAXLES MAY EXHIBIT DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES FOR GEAR RATIO OR HARSH AND DELAYED 1\-2 / 2\-3 UPSHIFTS AFTER TRANSAXLE OR TURBINE SPEED SENSOR \(TSS\) REPLACEMENT. \*TT
- [00182](/bulletins/618586.md), 2001-04-17, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT NO FORWARD GEAR RANGES DUE TO THE MISALIGNMENT OF THE FORWARD / COAST CLUTCH CYLINDER SNAP RING WITH RESPECT TO THE LEGS OF THE FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON. \*JB
- [12519](/bulletins/6091763.md), 2000-11-14, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. CD4E TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A NO FORWARD DRIVE CONCERN. \*TT
- [11520](/bulletins/613781.md), 2000-08-03, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES WITH MTX V6 TRANSAXLE CASES MAY MALFUNCTION DUE TO DIFFERENTIAL GEAR FAILURE POSSIBLY CAUSED BY ABUSIVE DRIVING. \*TT
- [11501](/bulletins/613758.md), 2000-08-01, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES WITH CD4E TRANSAXLES MAY EXHIBIT A NO DRIVE CONCERN WHEN IN THE OVERDRIVE SELECTOR POSITION. \*TT
- [96712](/bulletins/613333.md), 2000-06-21, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SUBJEC REGARDING THE MTX\-75 TRANSAXLES WILL BE INSTALLED CERTAIN MODE YEAR VEHICLES. \*TT
- [9679](/bulletins/613331.md), 2000-06-21, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. A CONDITION MAY EXIST WHERE THE TRANSAXLE FLUID MAY LEAK AT THE TRANSAXLE OIL COOLER LINES WHERE THEY CONNECT TO THE RADIATOR. \*TT
- [0019](/bulletins/612301.md), 2000-06-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. INFORMATION REGARDING SEVERAL INTERNAL CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED ON THE MRX\-75 TRANSAXLE TO IMPROVE SHIFT EFFORTS. \*MJS
- [98152](/bulletins/609533.md), 2000-04-03, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. TRANSAXLE FAILED. YD

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