# Service bulletin 98112

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: 605573
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-07\-12
- Manufacturer's number: 98112
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-01\-19
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

## NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT REGARDING A NEW SERVICE CENTER SUPPORT THAT USES A THRUST BEARING \(\#3 AND \#4\) IN PLACE OF THRUST WASHERS HAS BEEN RELEASED. \*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, Automatic transmission

## Vehicles listed

- 1988 to 1997 FORD AEROSTAR
- 1985 to 1990 FORD BRONCO II
- 1991 to 1997 FORD EXPLORER
- 1985 to 1993 FORD MUSTANG
- 1985 to 1997 FORD RANGER
- 1987 to 1988 FORD THUNDERBIRD
- 1987 MERCURY COUGAR

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [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
- [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
- [01181](/bulletins/625715.md), 2001-11-30, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH. BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK.\*JB
- [9987](/bulletins/621290.md), 2001-09-17, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT HARSH DOWNSHIFT FROM 3RD TO 1ST GEAR WHILE STOPPING, HESITATION AFTER ACCELERATION FROM STOP AND / OR LACK OF POWER AFTER ACCELERATION FROM STOP ON VEHICLES WITH 4.0L OR 5.0L ENGINES. \*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
- [002310](/bulletins/616522.md), 2001-03-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES. SUBJECT REGARDING CONTAMINATION FROM PRIOR TRANSMISSION CONCERNS OR EXCESS WEAR MAY BE TRAPPED IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLING SYSTEM. \*TT
- [980320](/bulletins/607723.md), 2001-02-06, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. GEAR DTC'S AND EXTENDED/DELAYED/ NO SHIFT. \*AK
- [9987](/bulletins/606407.md), 2001-01-22, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT HARSH DOWNSHIFT FROM 3RD TO 1ST GEAR WHILE STOPPING; HESITATION AFTER ACCELERATION FROM STOP; AND / OR LACK OF POWER AFTER ACCELERATION FROM STOP. \*TT

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