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Service bulletin 14920

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 id620184
Published by NHTSA2001-07-19
Manufacturer's number14920
Manufacturer's date2001-05-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT REGARDING AX4N TRANSAXLE DIAGNOSTIC PINT POINT TEST C3 ERROR. *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
FORD TAURUS2000, 2001
FORD WINDSTAR2001
LINCOLN CONTINENTAL2000, 2001
MERCURY SABLE2000, 2001

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
12V1930002012-05-03. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
011252001-10-22. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 3.0L 2 VALVE ENGINE AND AZ4N TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A CLOSED THROTTLE, DOWNHILL, SURGE SENSATION AT 40 KM/H (25 MPH). DURING A 2-3 SHIFT WITH NO INCREASE IN VEHICLE SPEED. *TT
150592001-09-06. Service bulletin. CONCERNS WITH VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A AX4N / 4F50N TRANSAXLE EXHIBITING A SHUDDER DURING A 3-4 SHIFT. *TT
142202001-08-07. Service bulletin. INFORMATION USED TO SERVICE AX4N TRANSAXLE EQUIPPED VEHICLES EXHIBITING SHUDDER DURING 3-4 SHIFT. *TT
149112001-07-20. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AX4N OR 4F50N TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A FLUID LEAK FROM THE MAIN CONTROL COVER AREA. *TT
01T012001-05-31. Service bulletin. SPECIAL SERVICE INSTRUCTION FOR AX4N TRANSAXLE INSPECTION / REPLACEMENT ON CERTAIN 2001 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES. *TT
131512000-11-17. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING A REDESIGNED PARK SYSTEM IN AX4S AND AX4N TRANSAXLE. *TT
142202000-09-21. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN AX4N TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A SHUDDER DURING A 3-4 SHIFT. *TT
83062000-07-26. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT FLUID VISIBLE AROUND THE TOP FRONT CORNER OF THE CHAIN COVER. **MR
139862000-06-14. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3.0L-2V (VULCAN) ENGINE, BUILT BEFORE 12/17/99 WITH AX4S TRANSAXLE AND 1/15/00 WITH AX4N TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A GROWL OR SCRAPING SOUND DURING ACCELRATION FROM A STOP. *TT
139852000-06-14. Service bulletin. VEHICLES BUILT 1/19/2000 THROUGH 2/11/2000 WITH AX4N TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT FLUID VISIBLE AROUND THE TOP FRONT CORNER OF THE CHAIN COVER IN THE AREA OF THE TRANSAXLE SIDE PAN, 8 MM CORNER BOLT AND THREADED HOLE BEHIND THE SIDE PAN BOLT. *TT