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Service bulletin 12701

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id607063
Published by NHTSA2000-11-03
Manufacturer's number12701
Manufacturer's date1999-05-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

NHTSA's summary

THIS BULLETIN ADDRESSES CONCERNS WITH THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR. *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, Transmission control module

Vehicles listed
FORD ESCORT1998, 1999
FORD ZX2 (ESCORT)1998
FORD ZX2 (ESCORT)1999 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
MERCURY TRACER1998, 1999

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
0421072005-04-28. Service bulletin. GENERAL (PCM) POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. *TT
042172005-04-15. Service bulletin. GENERAL POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. *TT
031482003-10-29. Service bulletin. NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER FLUSHER - SERVICE TIPS. 2003 ESCORT AND SUPER DUTY F SERIES INCLUDED. *TT
011812001-11-30. Service bulletin. BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK.*JB
00E112001-05-16. Service bulletin. SERVICE ACTION 00E11, SUPPLEMENT #1 - UPDATE INFORMATION REGARDING ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM UPGRADE. *TT
991522001-01-05. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON THE NEW FLUSH AND FILL TOOL AVAILABLE THROUGH ROTUNDA. *TT
131602000-11-17. Service bulletin. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT TRANSMISSION AND / OR MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON CONCERNS RELATING TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION RANGER SENSOR (TRS). *TT
00152000-06-06. Service bulletin. INFORMATION REGARDING THE NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER FLUSHER- SERVICE TIP. *MJS
69322000-03-13. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT TRANSMISSION AND / OR MIL ON CONCERNS RELATING TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR. *TT
99127011999-12-06. Service bulletin. ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING CONCERNS WITH VEHICLES EXHIBITING DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES PO705, PO708 OR P1705 (TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR).