# Service bulletin 996735

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: 608455
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-12\-01
- Manufacturer's number: 996735
- Manufacturer's date: 1999\-08\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

## NHTSA's summary

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

## 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

- 1995 to 2000 FORD TAURUS
- 1995 to 2000 FORD WINDSTAR
- 1995 to 2000 MERCURY SABLE

## 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
- [15142](/bulletins/624854.md), 2001-11-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HARSH 2\-3 SHIFT AFTER INSTALLING A REMANUFACTURED AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE. \*YH
- [01125](/bulletins/622671.md), 2001-10-22, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 3.0L 2 VALVE ENGINE AND AZ4N TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A CLOSED THROTTLE, DOWNHILL, SURGE SENSATION AT 40 KM/H \(25 MPH\). DURING A 2\-3 SHIFT WITH NO INCREASE IN VEHICLE SPEED. \*TT
- [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
- [14911](/bulletins/620222.md), 2001-07-20, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AX4N OR 4F50N TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A FLUID LEAK FROM THE MAIN CONTROL COVER AREA. \*TT
- [14920](/bulletins/620184.md), 2001-07-19, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SUBJECT REGARDING AX4N TRANSAXLE DIAGNOSTIC PINT POINT TEST C3 ERROR. \*TT
- [00B51](/bulletins/618604.md), 2001-04-17, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SUBJECT PERTAINING TO REAR LUBE TUBE AND BRACKET REPLACEMENT. \*JB
- [0117](/bulletins/618077.md), 2001-04-03, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SUBJECT REGARDING REMANUFACTURED AX4S SHO TRANSAXLES BUILT WITH A UNIQUE TRIPLE CLUTCH PACK ASSEMBLY AND DRIVEN SPROCKET SUPPORT. \*TT
- [010107](/bulletins/618020.md), 2001-04-03, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME REMANUFACTURED AX4S SHO TRANSAXLES USED ON CERTAIN VEHICLES WILL BE BUILT WITH A UNIQUE TRIPLE CLUTCH PACK ASSEMBLY AND DRIVEN SPROCKET SUPPORT. \*JB

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