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Service bulletin 985143

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 id613279
Published by NHTSA2000-06-20
Manufacturer's number985143
Manufacturer's date1998-11-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES WITH 4R70W TRANSMISSIONS BUILT FROM 4/16/98 THROUGH THE END OF THE 1998 MODEL YEAR MAY EXHIBIT A LEAK FROM THE VENT AREA OF THE TRANSMISSION. *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, Manual transmission

Vehicles listed
FORD CROWN VICTORIA1998
FORD ECONOLINE1998
FORD EXPEDITION1998
FORD F-1501998
FORD F-2501998
FORD MUSTANG1998
LINCOLN MARK VIII1998 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
LINCOLN TOWN CAR1998
MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS1998

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

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