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Service bulletin 00B54

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 id618564
Published by NHTSA2001-04-16
Manufacturer's number00B54
Manufacturer's date2000-09-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

OWNER NOTIFICATION INFORMING OWNERS THAT THEIR TRANSMISSION COULD BE DAMAGED INTERNALLY AND, POTENTIALLY, COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF SECOND GEAR OR, ULTIMATELY, AN INABILITY TO MOVE THE VEHICLE IF IT IS DRIVEN UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. *JB

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
FORD ECONOLINE2001
FORD EXCURSION2001
FORD EXPEDITION2001
FORD F SERIES2001
FORD F SUPER DUTY2001
FORD F-2502001
FORD F-3502001
FORD F-450 SD2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-550 SD2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
LINCOLN NAVIGATOR2001

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

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