# Service bulletin 96712

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: 613333
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-06\-21
- Manufacturer's number: 96712
- Manufacturer's date: 1996\-03\-25
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

## NHTSA's summary

SUBJEC REGARDING THE MTX\-75 TRANSAXLES WILL BE INSTALLED CERTAIN MODE YEAR VEHICLES. \*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, Axle

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 to 1997 FORD CONTOUR
- 1996 to 1997 MERCURY MYSTIQUE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [0224](/bulletins/630631.md), 2002-04-19, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE CD4E TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT HARSH AND DELAYED 1\-2/2\-3 UPSHIFTS AFTER TRANSAXLE OR TURBINE SHAFT SPEED SENSOR REPLACEMENT, POSSIBLE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES 628, 642, 645, 646, 647, 648, P0731, P0732, P0734, P0741 AND P01744. \*TT
- [00182](/bulletins/618586.md), 2001-04-17, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT NO FORWARD GEAR RANGES DUE TO THE MISALIGNMENT OF THE FORWARD / COAST CLUTCH CYLINDER SNAP RING WITH RESPECT TO THE LEGS OF THE FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON. \*JB
- [0019](/bulletins/612301.md), 2000-06-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. INFORMATION REGARDING SEVERAL INTERNAL CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED ON THE MRX\-75 TRANSAXLE TO IMPROVE SHIFT EFFORTS. \*MJS
- [99201](/bulletins/6089639.md), 2000-02-10, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. CONCERNS WITH A HARSH SHIFT FELT AT LARGE THROTTLE OPENINGS \(OR AT HEAVY ACCELERATION RATE\) ON SOME VEHICLES. \*TT
- [982311](/bulletins/603725.md), 1999-03-03, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. MINIMAL CLEARANCE OF THE CD4E TRANSAXLE TO SUBFRAME MAKES TRANSAXLE INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL MORE DIFFICULT. \*YC
- [BC5197961001](/bulletins/50474.md), 1997-04-24, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED W/ AN AX4S TRANSAXLE MAY HAVE BEEN SHIPPED W/ A LOW TRANSAXLE FLUID LEVEL. \*TT
- [BC0784961014](/bulletins/50410.md), 1997-04-24, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. WELD CONNECTION CONCERN W/ THE FORWARD/DIRECT/COAST CLUTCH CYLINDER \& HUB ASSY. \*TT

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