# Service bulletin 12614

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: 605336
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-06\-08
- Manufacturer's number: 12614
- Manufacturer's date: 1999\-03\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

## NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT REGARDING REDESIGNED TRANSAXLE PUMP GASKET TO REMOVE GASKET MATERIAL THAT COULD BREAK OFF AND STICK VALVES IN THE VALVE BODY. \*TT

## 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

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

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [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
- [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
- [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
- [996735](/bulletins/608455.md), 1999-12-01, Service bulletin: 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
- [9985](/bulletins/606404.md), 1999-08-19, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SERVICE TIP INFORMATION REGARDING THE REDESIGNED AX4N PUMP GASKET. \*TT
- [982675](/bulletins/603573.md), 1999-02-25, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL. 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

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