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Service bulletin 12120

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 id613139
Published by NHTSA2000-06-19
Manufacturer's number12120
Manufacturer's date1998-11-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES WITH 4R70W TRANSMISSIONS BUILT FROM 4/16/98 THROUGH 10/30/98 MAY EXHIBIT A LEAK FROM THE VENT AREA OF THE TRANSMISSION. *MJS

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

Vehicles listed
FORD CROWN VICTORIA1998, 1999
FORD EXPEDITION1998, 1999
FORD F-1501998, 1999
FORD F-2501998, 1999
FORD GRAND MARQUIS1998 to 1999
FORD MUSTANG1998, 1999
LINCOLN MARK VIII1998 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
LINCOLN MARK VIII1999
LINCOLN TOWN CAR1998, 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
97V1710001997-10-07. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)

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
200522008-01-23. Service bulletin. 1999-2008 F250-F550 SUPER DUTY 4X4 WITH ELECTRONIC SHIFT TRANSFER CASE NOT ENGAGING 4X4. *NJ
056182005-12-07. Service bulletin. REAR AXLE NOISE REPAIR. *TT
184662005-05-05. Service bulletin. AXLE WHINE HOWL. THIS INCLUDES 1997-05 FORD VEHICLES. *EH
042662005-04-29. Service bulletin. A DRIVELINE CLUNK OR BUMP WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP. *TT
0421072005-04-28. Service bulletin. GENERAL (PCM) POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. *TT
042272005-04-18. Service bulletin. DRIVE AWAY SHUDDER OR VIBRATION. *EH
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
041852005-04-08. Service bulletin. FRONT HUBS NOT ENGAGING, NOT STAYING ENGAGED AND/OR UNLOCKING. *TT
041982004-12-07. Service bulletin. MANUAL TRANSMISSION HARD TO SHIFT INTO FIRST/REVERSE FROM A STOP. *TT