# Service bulletin 98159

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: 609548
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-04\-03
- Manufacturer's number: 98159
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-08\-03
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

## NHTSA's summary

TRANSAXLE , PRIOR TO REPAIR, ORANGE TAG SPECIAL SERVICE INSTRUCTIONS WAS NOT INSTALLED. AK

## 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

- 1999 FORD TAURUS
- 1999 FORD TAURUS SHO
- 1999 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
- 1999 MERCURY SABLE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [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
- [00B51](/bulletins/618604.md), 2001-04-17, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SUBJECT PERTAINING TO REAR LUBE TUBE AND BRACKET REPLACEMENT. \*JB
- [00B51](/bulletins/616503.md), 2001-03-01, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. OWNER NOTIFICATION PROGRAM REGARDING ALL VEHICLES BUILT WITH AX4S TRANSMISSION \- REAR LUBE TUBE AND BRACKET REPLACEMENT. \*TT
- [13151](/bulletins/6091962.md), 2000-11-17, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SUBJECT REGARDING A REDESIGNED PARK SYSTEM IN AX4S AND AX4N TRANSAXLE. \*TT
- [14220](/bulletins/613907.md), 2000-09-21, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN AX4N TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A SHUDDER DURING A 3\-4 SHIFT. \*TT
- [8310](/bulletins/613637.md), 2000-07-26, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR LUBE AND DIFFERENTIAL TUBE INSULATOR KIT. \*\*MR
- [13961](/bulletins/612876.md), 2000-06-13, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. INFORMATION REGARDING THE AX4S TRANSAXLE \- REAR LUBE AND DIFFERENTIAL LUBE TUBE INSULATOR KIT. \*TT
- [8310](/bulletins/612730.md), 2000-06-12, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AX4S TRANSAXLE \- REAR LUBE AND DIFFERENTIAL LUBE INSULATOR KIT. \*TT
- [6918](/bulletins/6090260.md), 2000-03-13, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. INFORMATION ON THE REDESIGNED PARK SYSTEM IN VEHICLES WITH AX4S TRANSAXLES. \*TT

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