# Service bulletin 983141

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: 607414
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-09\-22
- Manufacturer's number: 983141
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-02\-20
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HARST 1 \- 2 SHIFT ON LIGHT THROTTLE ONLY. \*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 WINDSTAR

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [12V193000](/recalls/nhtsa/12V193000.md), 2012-05-03: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [01171](/bulletins/625687.md), 2001-11-30, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. TRANSAXLE \- AX4S \- REPLACEMENT APPLICATION CHART \- WINDSTAR VEHICLES ONLY. \*NLM
- [13024](/bulletins/610767.md), 2000-05-12, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; 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
- [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
- [98221](/bulletins/603710.md), 1999-03-03, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. INTERMITTENT NEUTRAL CONDITION AFTER DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP. \*YC
- [9811302](/bulletins/603603.md), 1999-02-25, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. A CONCERN HAS BEEN FOUND ON THE TRANSAXLE ID TAG MAY EXHIBIT A HARSH 1\-2 SHIFT ON LIGHT THROTTLE ONLY. \*YC
- [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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