# Service bulletin 12178

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: 613234
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-06\-19
- Manufacturer's number: 12178
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-11\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN

## NHTSA's summary

INFORMATION REGARDING TSB 98\-5A\-12 \(TRANSAXLE/TRANSMISSION/TRANSFER CASE\-VEHICLES TOWED BEHIND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES\-RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES\) DOES NOT LIST TOWING INFORMATION FOR CERTAIN MODEL VEHICLES. \*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

- 1988 to 1998 FORD CROWN VICTORIA
- 1991 to 1998 FORD GRAND MARQUIS
- 1988 to 1998 FORD MUSTANG
- 1988 to 1998 FORD TAURUS
- 1988 to 1994 FORD WINDSTAR
- 1995 to 1998 FORD WINDSTAR
- 1988 to 1998 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
- 1988 to 1998 LINCOLN MARK
- 1988 to 1998 LINCOLN TOWN CAR
- 1988 to 1991 MERCURY SABLE
- 1993 to 1998 MERCURY SABLE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [12V193000](/recalls/nhtsa/12V193000.md), 2012-05-03: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
- [1997124](/recalls/tc/1997124.md), 1997-06-23: Powertrain
- [97V097000](/recalls/nhtsa/97V097000.md), 1997-06-09: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- [1996148](/recalls/tc/1996148.md), 1996-09-20: Powertrain
- [96V176000](/recalls/nhtsa/96V176000.md), 1996-09-18: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- [1996135](/recalls/tc/1996135.md), 1996-09-13: Powertrain
- [96V166000](/recalls/nhtsa/96V166000.md), 1996-09-05: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION \(PRNDL\)
- [96V086000](/recalls/nhtsa/96V086000.md), 1996-05-14: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- [1991056](/recalls/tc/1991056.md), 1991-03-27: Powertrain
- [91V048000](/recalls/nhtsa/91V048000.md), 1991-03-18: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [042107](/bulletins/10014086.md), 2005-04-28, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). GENERAL \(PCM\) POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. \*TT
- [04217](/bulletins/10013369.md), 2005-04-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). GENERAL POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE \(PCM\) PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. \*TT
- [17810](/bulletins/10008569.md), 2004-08-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHERE THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF METAL OR DEBRIS IN THE PAN. \*TT
- [03261](/bulletins/10008279.md), 2004-07-26, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. NEW SERVICE PART \- NUMBER 5 NEEDLE BEARING AND RACE KIT \- 4R70W TRANSMISSION \- SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [17358](/bulletins/10008183.md), 2004-07-23, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. GROAN/BUZZ/VIBRATION WHEN THE GEAR SELECTOR IS IN PARK WITH THE VEHICLE PARKED ON AN INCLINE. \*TT THIS BULLETIN UPDATES PREVIOUS BULLETIN 17358, DATED 11/01/2003 TO INCLUDE 2005 MODELS. \*TT
- [17577](/bulletins/10008138.md), 2004-07-23, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. GEAR WHINE IN 1ST, 3RD AND REVERSE GEARS. \*TT
- [03148](/bulletins/10003748.md), 2003-10-29, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES. NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER FLUSHER \- SERVICE TIPS. 2003 ESCORT AND SUPER DUTY F SERIES INCLUDED. \*TT
- [03123](/bulletins/10002684.md), 2003-09-10, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH NOT ENGAGING WHEN COMMANDED AND/OR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0741 OR P1744 STORED IN MEMORY. MODELS FROM 1996 TO 2003. \*TT
- [16678](/bulletins/10001934.md), 2003-07-28, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. AX4S TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT NO REVERSE ENGAGEMENT CONDITION. \*TT \*JB
- [15820](/bulletins/637556.md), 2002-12-02, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN AX4N/4F50N TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A SHUDDER DURING A 3\-4 SHIFT. \*TT

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