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Service bulletin 4710

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 id615249
Published by NHTSA2001-01-10
Manufacturer's number4710
Manufacturer's date1998-08-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

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

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 MUSTANG1998

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

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175772004-07-23. Service bulletin. GEAR WHINE IN 1ST, 3RD AND REVERSE GEARS. *TT
012352002-04-16. Service bulletin. 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
118182001-01-12. Service bulletin. 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
46402001-01-03. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT FLUID LEAKING FROM THE REAR OF THE TRANSMISSION. *TT
130802000-11-16. Service bulletin. 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
9851432000-06-20. Service bulletin. 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
132002000-03-21. Service bulletin. INFORMATION REGARDING 5-SPEED- EXCHANGE TRANSMISSION UNIT. *MJS
9968391999-12-03. Service bulletin. 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
98102701999-09-23. Service bulletin. SOME MANUAL TRANMISSION VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION WHERE THE DRIVER CAN SENSE A VIBRATION / NOISE FROM THE CLUTCH PEDAL. *TT
9824641999-02-24. Service bulletin. CONCERNS WITH VEHICLES WITH A T-45 TRANSMISSION MAY SHIFT FROM 4TH TO NEUTRAL WHEN THE CLUTCH IS RELEASED. *YC