# Service bulletin 996041

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: 606956
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-09\-08
- Manufacturer's number: 996041
- Manufacturer's date: 1999\-05\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

## NHTSA's summary

VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HARD TO SHIFT CONDITION IN COLD WEATHER. \*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, Manual transmission

## Vehicles listed

- 1995 to 1999 FORD CONTOUR
- 1995 to 1997 MERCURY COUGAR
- 1998 MERCURY COUGAR
- 1999 MERCURY COUGAR
- 1995 to 1999 MERCURY MYSTIQUE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [11791](/bulletins/615292.md), 2001-01-12, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES WITH CD4E TRANSMISSION MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION OF NO CRANK / NO START IN PARK. VEHICLE WILL CRANK AND START IN NEUTRAL. \*TT
- [11760](/bulletins/615262.md), 2001-01-10, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN RPM FLARE ON A FORCED 4/2 DOWNSHIFT. \*TT
- [4674](/bulletins/615213.md), 2001-01-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES WITH CD4E TRANSMISSION MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION OF NO CRANK / NO START IN PARK. VEHICLE WILL CRANK AND START IN NEUTRAL. \*TT
- [12702](/bulletins/6091673.md), 2000-11-09, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME 5\-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION EQUIPPED VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO MARCH 15, 1999 MAY EXHIBIT A GRINDING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END ON TURNS. \*TT
- [11494](/bulletins/613753.md), 2000-08-01, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE HARSH SHIFT EVENTS, USUALLY ON THE 1\-3 UPSHIFT OR THE 3\-2 DOWNSHIFT. \*TT
- [96711](/bulletins/613332.md), 2000-06-21, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME 4R70W TRANSMISSIONS WERE BUILT WITH A UNIQUE CASE AND REQUIRE A SPACER TO BE INSTALLED BETWEEN THE LOW / REVERSE SERVO COVER AND RETAINING RING. \*TT
- [9912702](/bulletins/609025.md), 1999-12-06, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME 5\-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS EQUIPPED VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO MARCH 15, 1999 MAY EXHIBIT A 'GRINDING' NOISE FROM THE FRONT END WHEN ACCELERATING DURING A HARD RIGHT HAND TURN. \*TT
- [97510](/bulletins/51944.md), 1997-07-17, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:COLUMN SHIFT ASSEMBLY. TRANSMISSION\- 4R70W\- DELAYED 1\-2 SHIFT AND/OR ROUGH 3\-4 SHIFTS\- VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4.6L ENGINE BUILT THROUGH 6/24/96. \*JD
- [9717](/bulletins/51362.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THERE MAY BE DELAYED ENGAGEMENTS FROM "PARK" TO "REVERSE" OR "PARK" TO "OVERDRIVE" AND/OR DELAYED 1\-2 SHIFTS OR ROUGH 3\-4 SHIFTS\- THIS MAY BE DUE TO THE CALIBRATION OF THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE. \*JD
- [96248](/bulletins/50907.md), 1997-06-17, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. NOISE \- GRINDING OR CLASHING HEARD WHEN SHIFTING INTO 3RD GEAR \- VEHICLES WITH MTX\-75 TRANSAXLE \- VEHICLES BUILT THROUGH 9/1/96. \*TW

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