# Service bulletin 5128

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: 615325
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-01\-13
- Manufacturer's number: 5128
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-12\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES WITH ELECTRONIC SHIFT ON THE FLY 4X4 SYSTEMS MAY STICK IN 4X4 LOW. ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING. \*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, Automatic transmission

## Vehicles listed

- 1997 to 1998 FORD EXPEDITION
- 1997 to 1998 FORD EXPLORER
- 1997 to 1998 FORD F\-150

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [97V171000](/recalls/nhtsa/97V171000.md), 1997-10-07: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION \(PRNDL\)
- [97V147000](/recalls/nhtsa/97V147000.md), 1997-09-09: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [042107](/bulletins/10014086.md), 2005-04-28, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). GENERAL \(PCM\) POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. \*TT
- [04217](/bulletins/10013369.md), 2005-04-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). GENERAL POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE \(PCM\) PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. \*TT
- [03261](/bulletins/10008279.md), 2004-07-26, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. NEW SERVICE PART \- NUMBER 5 NEEDLE BEARING AND RACE KIT \- 4R70W TRANSMISSION \- SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [03148](/bulletins/10003748.md), 2003-10-29, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES. NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER FLUSHER \- SERVICE TIPS. 2003 ESCORT AND SUPER DUTY F SERIES INCLUDED. \*TT
- [15749](/bulletins/636384.md), 2002-11-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4 WHEEL DRIVE MAY EXHIBIT A NOTCHY OR STICKING FEELING IN SLOW SPEED TURNS WITH NO EFFECT ON STEERING EFFORTS OR ASSIST WHILE IN THE AUTOMATIC 4X4 POSITION. \*TT
- [01181](/bulletins/625715.md), 2001-11-30, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH. BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK.\*JB
- [01166](/bulletins/624099.md), 2001-11-01, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT WATER IN THE TRANSFER CASE, THIS COULD CAUSE LOW RANGE 4X4 LAMP TO ILLUMINATE, SHORT OF TRANSFER CASE SWITCH, OR WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO BE ERRATIC OR INOPERATIVE. \*SLC
- [9987](/bulletins/621290.md), 2001-09-17, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT HARSH DOWNSHIFT FROM 3RD TO 1ST GEAR WHILE STOPPING, HESITATION AFTER ACCELERATION FROM STOP AND / OR LACK OF POWER AFTER ACCELERATION FROM STOP ON VEHICLES WITH 4.0L OR 5.0L ENGINES. \*TT
- [00E11](/bulletins/619150.md), 2001-05-16, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). SERVICE ACTION 00E11, SUPPLEMENT \#1 \- UPDATE INFORMATION REGARDING ON\-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM UPGRADE. \*TT
- [14586](/bulletins/617969.md), 2001-04-02, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT. SOME 4.0L VEHICLES WITH A4WD BUILT PRIOR TO 9/13/99 MAY EXHIBIT A VIBRATION / PULSATION AT 0\-45 MPH ON DRY PAVEMENT UNDER LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCELERATION IN 4 AUTO MODE WHICH MAY CHARACTERISTIC WITH THE CONTROL TRAC 4X4 SYSTEM. \*JB

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