# Service bulletin 15820

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: 637556
- Published by NHTSA: 2002\-12\-02
- Manufacturer's number: 15820
- Manufacturer's date: 2002\-04\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN AX4N/4F50N TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A SHUDDER DURING A 3\-4 SHIFT. \*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 to 2002 FORD TAURUS
- 2001 to 2002 FORD WINDSTAR
- 1998 to 2002 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
- 1998 to 2002 MERCURY SABLE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [12V193000](/recalls/nhtsa/12V193000.md), 2012-05-03: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
- [98V288000](/recalls/nhtsa/98V288000.md), 1998-11-09: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [05145](/bulletins/10016808.md), 2005-10-11, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE. ERRATIC FLUID LEVEL READING ON TRANSAXLE DIPSTICK\-LEAKS\-4F50N, AX4N, AX4S TRANSAXLE. \*SC
- [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
- [17358](/bulletins/10008183.md), 2004-07-23, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. GROAN/BUZZ/VIBRATION WHEN THE GEAR SELECTOR IS IN PARK WITH THE VEHICLE PARKED ON AN INCLINE. \*TT THIS BULLETIN UPDATES PREVIOUS BULLETIN 17358, DATED 11/01/2003 TO INCLUDE 2005 MODELS. \*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
- [03123](/bulletins/10002684.md), 2003-09-10, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH NOT ENGAGING WHEN COMMANDED AND/OR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0741 OR P1744 STORED IN MEMORY. MODELS FROM 1996 TO 2003. \*TT
- [16678](/bulletins/10001934.md), 2003-07-28, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. AX4S TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT NO REVERSE ENGAGEMENT CONDITION. \*TT \*JB
- [15392](/bulletins/630356.md), 2002-04-16, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A PARK PULLOUT CLUNK NOISE WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO ANOTHER GEAR POSITION. \*TT
- [15370](/bulletins/630351.md), 2002-04-16, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A GROAN/BUZZ/VIBRATION WHEN THE GEAR SELECTOR IS IN PARK. \*TT
- [15288](/bulletins/630186.md), 2002-04-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING AT THE QUICK CONNECT FOR THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES. \*TT

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