# Service bulletin 985166

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: 613299
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-06\-20
- Manufacturer's number: 985166
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-11\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A POPPING / TICKING NOISE WHEN THE CAR IS SHIFTED FROM REVERSE TO FORWARD GEAR. \*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, Driveshaft

## Vehicles listed

- 1998 to 1999 FORD CROWN VICTORIA
- 1998 to 1999 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [15078](/bulletins/621082.md), 2001-09-06, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT. SOME POLICE AND TAXI VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT EITHER UNDERBODY SHEETMETAL CRACKING IN THE DRIVESHAFT TUNNEL AT THE REAR SEAT KICKUP AND / OR DRIVESHAFT CONTACT WITH THE UNDERBODY. \*TT
- [99B04](/bulletins/604858.md), 1999-05-17, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT. SOME POLICE INTERCEPTORS MAY EXHIBIT A DRIVESHAFT VIBRATION OR BOOM DURING HIGH SPEED OPERATION. \*TT

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