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Service bulletin 12704

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 id6091676
Published by NHTSA2000-11-09
Manufacturer's number12704
Manufacturer's date1999-05-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT REGARDING ALL VEHICLES REQUIRES A PARAMETER RESET TO BE PERFORMED ON THE PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM MODULE (PATS / VIC / HEC) WHEN THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) IS REPLACED. *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 CROWN VICTORIA1998, 1999
FORD EXPEDITION1999
FORD EXPLORER1998, 1999
FORD F-1501999
FORD F-2501999
FORD MUSTANG1998, 1999
FORD RANGER1999
FORD TAURUS1998, 1999
FORD WINDSTAR1999
LINCOLN CONTINENTAL1998, 1999
LINCOLN NAVIGATOR1999
LINCOLN TOWN CAR1998, 1999
MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS1998, 1999
MERCURY MOUNTAINEER1998, 1999

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
00V3950002000-11-28. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
99V2040001999-07-28. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
98V2880001998-11-09. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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
183762005-04-14. Service bulletin. A COLD WEATHER REVERSE ENGAGEMENT STALL. *TT
178102004-08-05. Service bulletin. TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHERE THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF METAL OR DEBRIS IN THE PAN. *TT
032612004-07-26. Service bulletin. NEW SERVICE PART - NUMBER 5 NEEDLE BEARING AND RACE KIT - 4R70W TRANSMISSION - SERVICE TIP. *TT
031482003-10-29. Service bulletin. NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER FLUSHER - SERVICE TIPS. 2003 ESCORT AND SUPER DUTY F SERIES INCLUDED. *TT
031232003-09-10. Service bulletin. TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH NOT ENGAGING WHEN COMMANDED AND/OR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0741 OR P1744 STORED IN MEMORY. MODELS FROM 1996 TO 2003. *TT
157492002-11-07. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4 WHEEL DRIVE MAY EXHIBIT A NOTCHY OR STICKING FEELING IN SLOW SPEED TURNS WITH NO EFFECT ON STEERING EFFORTS OR ASSIST WHILE IN THE AUTOMATIC 4X4 POSITION. *TT
160332002-11-06. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES WITH ELECTRONIC SHIFT-ON-THE FLY MAY EXHIBIT AN INADVERTENT 4X4 LOW ENGAGEMENT WHILE DRIVING. *TT
021362002-11-04. Service bulletin. ON SOME VEHICLES, THE BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK MAY BE INOPERATIVE, NOW ALLOWING THE OPERATOR TO MOVE THE SHIFT LEVER FROM THE PARK POSITION. STOP LAMP OPERATION MAY ALSO BE AFFECTED. *TT