# Service bulletin 4707

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: 615246
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-01\-10
- Manufacturer's number: 4707
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-08\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES WITH AX4S TRANSAXLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN OF INCREASED ENGINE RPM AND BUMP ON THE 3\-2 TORQUE DEMAND DOWN SHIFT AT LIGHT THROTTLE \(TIP\-IN\) BETWEEN 10\-15 MPH. \*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 FORD TAURUS
- 1996 MERCURY SABLE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [15142](/bulletins/624854.md), 2001-11-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HARSH 2\-3 SHIFT AFTER INSTALLING A REMANUFACTURED AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE. \*YH
- [99184](/bulletins/6090053.md), 2000-03-06, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AX4S TRANSAXLE, MAY EXHIBIT A HARSH 2\-3 DOWNSHIFT MAY OCCUR WHEN COASTING AROUND A CORNER AND THEN ACCELERATING. \*TT
- [996735](/bulletins/608455.md), 1999-12-01, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE AX4S TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A HARSH 3\-2 DOWNSHIFT WHEN COASTING AROUND A CORNER AND THEN STEPPING INTO THE THROTTLE TO ACCELERATE AWAY FROM THE CORNER. \*TT
- [982675](/bulletins/603573.md), 1999-02-25, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL. A REVISED FORWARD CLUTCH INNER SEAL FOR THE AXOD, AXODE, AX4S \& AX4N TRANSAXLE IS AVAILABLE WITH IMPROVED SEALING AND REDUCED CHANCE OF THE SEAL ROLLING DURING INSTALLATION. \*YC
- [BC0011972301](/bulletins/51384.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. BUZZ NOISE IN AX4S TRANSAXLES. \*JD

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