# Service bulletin 02136

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: 635994
- Published by NHTSA: 2002\-11\-04
- Manufacturer's number: 02136
- Manufacturer's date: 2002\-07\-08
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH

## NHTSA's summary

ON SOME VEHICLES, THE BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK MAY BE INOPERATIVE, NOW ALLOWING THE OPERATOR TO MOVE THE SHIFT LEVER FROM THE PARK POSITION. STOP LAMP OPERATION MAY ALSO BE AFFECTED. \*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

- 1998 to 2002 FORD CROWN VICTORIA
- 1998 to 2002 LINCOLN TOWN CAR
- 1998 to 2002 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [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
- [02155](/bulletins/635970.md), 2002-11-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOME POLICE PACKAGE EQUIPPED VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A LOSS OF 4TH GEAR \(OVERDRIVE\). \*TT
- [01181](/bulletins/625715.md), 2001-11-30, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH. BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK.\*JB
- [01137](/bulletins/620988.md), 2001-09-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 4R70W AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MAY EXHIBIT A CLUNK NOISE DURING THE 2\-1 DOWNSHIFT EVENT. \*TT
- [14918](/bulletins/620183.md), 2001-07-19, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). THIS BULLETIN STATES THAT ON SOME VEHICLES \(INCLUDING 2002 BLACKWOOD\) A BATTERY DISCONNECT OR PARAMETER RESET IS REQUIRED DURING POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE \(PCM\) OR INSTRUMENT CLUSTER \(VIC / HEC / ICM\) REPLACEMENT. \*TT
- [0158](/bulletins/619437.md), 2001-05-30, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 4R70W AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MAY EXHIBIT A TICKING OR CLICKING TYPE NOISE IN FIRST GEAR. \*TT
- [00E11](/bulletins/619150.md), 2001-05-16, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). SERVICE ACTION 00E11, SUPPLEMENT \#1 \- UPDATE INFORMATION REGARDING ON\-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM UPGRADE. \*TT

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