# Service bulletin 12120

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: 630349
- Published by NHTSA: 2002\-04\-16
- Manufacturer's number: 12120
- Manufacturer's date: 2001\-11\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES WITH 4R700 TRANSMISSIONS BUILT FROM 4/16/98 THROUGH THE END OF THE 1998 MODEL YEAR MAY EXHIBIT A LEAK FROM THE VENT AREA OF THE TRANSMISSION. \*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

## Vehicles listed

- 1998 FORD CROWN VICTORIA
- 1998 FORD ECONOLINE
- 1998 FORD EXPEDITION
- 1998 FORD F\-150
- 1998 FORD F\-250
- 1998 FORD MUSTANG
- 1998 LINCOLN MARK VIII
- 1998 LINCOLN TOWN CAR
- 1998 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

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

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [05618](/bulletins/10017892.md), 2005-12-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR AXLE NOISE REPAIR. \*TT
- [18466](/bulletins/10014659.md), 2005-05-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AXLE WHINE HOWL. THIS INCLUDES 1997\-05 FORD VEHICLES. \*EH
- [04266](/bulletins/10014275.md), 2005-04-29, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE. A DRIVELINE CLUNK OR BUMP WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP. \*TT
- [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
- [17810](/bulletins/10008569.md), 2004-08-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHERE THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF METAL OR DEBRIS IN THE PAN. \*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
- [17577](/bulletins/10008138.md), 2004-07-23, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. GEAR WHINE IN 1ST, 3RD AND REVERSE GEARS. \*TT
- [0416](/bulletins/10007359.md), 2004-06-16, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE. DRIVELINE CLUNKING/GRUNTING NOISE OR SHUDDER SENSATION DURING LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCELREATION AND/OR BRAKING. \*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

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