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Service bulletin 14453

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 id620453
Published by NHTSA2001-08-08
Manufacturer's number14453
Manufacturer's date2000-01-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4R100 TRANSMISSION WERE BUILT WITH AND WITHOUT THE #8 THRUST WASHER. *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
FORD E SERIES2000
FORD EXCURSION2000
FORD EXPEDITION2000
FORD F-1502000
FORD SUPER DUTY F SERIES2000
LINCOLN NAVIGATOR2000

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
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042172005-04-15. Service bulletin. GENERAL POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. *TT
183762005-04-14. Service bulletin. A COLD WEATHER REVERSE ENGAGEMENT STALL. *TT
031482003-10-29. Service bulletin. NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER FLUSHER - SERVICE TIPS. 2003 ESCORT AND SUPER DUTY F SERIES INCLUDED. *TT
157492002-11-07. Service bulletin. 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
156862002-11-07. Service bulletin. CONCERNS OF DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P1280 RETRIVED FROMTHE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM). *TT
160332002-11-06. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES WITH ELECTRONIC SHIFT-ON-THE FLY MAY EXHIBIT AN INADVERTENT 4X4 LOW ENGAGEMENT WHILE DRIVING. *TT
012082002-02-28. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 4.2L ENGINE, 4R70W TRANSMISSION AND 3.31 OR 3.55 AXLE RATIO MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT HARSH 1-2 SHIFT DURING LIGHT THROTTLE OR PARKING LOT MANEUVERS. *TT
011812001-11-30. Service bulletin. BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK.*JB
011652001-11-01. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT NO START, LONG CRANK, OR STALL WHILE OPERATING IN BI-FUEL MODE, VEHICLES WITH 5.4L CNG BI-FUEL ENGINE ONLY. *SLC