# Service bulletin 15181

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: 624972
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-11\-16
- Manufacturer's number: 15181
- Manufacturer's date: 2001\-08\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4.6L ENGINE AND 5R55W TRANSMISSION MAY EXHIBIT VARIOUS FIRM AND/OR SOFT SHIFTS. \*ET

## 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

- 2002 FORD EXPLORER
- 2002 FORD MOUNTAINEER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [02138](/bulletins/635998.md), 2002-11-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. LOW LINE PRESSURE READING AT WIDE OPEN THROTTLE \(WOT\), SLIPPING SHIFTS AND / OR DELAYED ENGAGEMENTS WITH POSSIBLE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0732, P0733, P1762 SET ON VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE 12/1/2001. \*TT
- [15382](/bulletins/630393.md), 2002-04-16, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT EITHER A VERY HARD OR VERY SOFT CLUTCH PEDAL FEEL, AND/OR A DIFFICULTY IN SHIFTING GEARS. \*TT
- [15019](/bulletins/622835.md), 2001-10-23, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 5R55W TRANSMISSION MAY EXHIBIT A WHINE NOISE THAT OCCURS IN 3RD GEAR ONLY. \*TT

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