# 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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 613279
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-06\-20
- Manufacturer's number: 985143
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-11\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER 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

- 1998 FORD CROWN VICTORIA
- 1998 FORD ECONOLINE
- 1998 FORD EXPEDITION
- 1998 FORD F\-150
- 1998 FORD F\-250
- 1998 FORD MUSTANG
- 1998 LINCOLN MARK VIII
- 1998 LINCOLN TOWN CAR
- 1998 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [17577](/bulletins/10008138.md), 2004-07-23, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. GEAR WHINE IN 1ST, 3RD AND REVERSE GEARS. \*TT
- [01235](/bulletins/630341.md), 2002-04-16, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE T45 MANUAL TRANSMISSION MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION OF BEING STUCK IN REVERSE, DIFFICULT TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE OR MAY POP OUT OF REVERSE. \*TT
- [5348](/bulletins/615431.md), 2001-01-16, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH M5OD R2 MANUAL TRANSMISSION MAY EXHIBIT A GEAR SHIFT RATTLE CONDITION IN THIRD GEAR. \*TT
- [11818](/bulletins/615314.md), 2001-01-12, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH T45 MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS BUILT 5/15/98 THROUGH 7/23/98 MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN OF INABILITY TO SHIFT OUT OF REVERSE. \*TT
- [4710](/bulletins/615249.md), 2001-01-10, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH T45 MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS BUILT 5/15/98 THROUGH 7/23/98 MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN OF INABILITY TO SHIFT OUT OF REVERSE. \*TT
- [4640](/bulletins/615178.md), 2001-01-03, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT FLUID LEAKING FROM THE REAR OF THE TRANSMISSION. \*TT
- [13080](/bulletins/6091883.md), 2000-11-16, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH T45 MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS MAY EXHIBIT THE INABILITY TO SHIFT OUT OF REVERSE, REVERSE GEAR JUMP\-OUT, WILL NOT SHIFT INTO OR ENGAGE REVERSE GEAR. \*TT
- [8243](/bulletins/613626.md), 2000-07-26, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME POLICE VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT SHIFT CONCERNS DUE TO ENGINE DRIVABILITY ISSUES. \*\*MR
- [13200](/bulletins/6090566.md), 2000-03-21, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. INFORMATION REGARDING 5\-SPEED\- EXCHANGE TRANSMISSION UNIT. \*MJS
- [996839](/bulletins/608782.md), 1999-12-03, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH T\-45 MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS MAY EXHIBIT INABILITY TO SHIFT OUT OF REVERSE, REVERSE GEAR JUMP\-OUT, WILL NOT SHIFT INTO OR ENGAGE REVERSE GEAR. \*TT

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