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Service bulletin 16033

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 id636226
Published by NHTSA2002-11-06
Manufacturer's number16033
Manufacturer's date2002-07-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES WITH ELECTRONIC SHIFT-ON-THE FLY MAY EXHIBIT AN INADVERTENT 4X4 LOW ENGAGEMENT WHILE DRIVING. *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 EXPEDITION1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
FORD F-1501999, 2000, 2001, 2002
LINCOLN NAVIGATOR1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

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

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