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Service bulletins for the 1996 Ford Escort

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.

90 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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Only bulletins with component: Transmission and driveline are shown. Show all

Bulletins, newest first
011812001-11-30. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH. BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK.*JB
991522001-01-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. INFORMATION ON THE NEW FLUSH AND FILL TOOL AVAILABLE THROUGH ROTUNDA. *TT
00152000-06-06. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. INFORMATION REGARDING THE NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER FLUSHER- SERVICE TIP. *MJS
99431999-05-11. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE; POWER TRAIN. INFORMATION REGARDING REPROGRAMMING POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULES (PCMS). *TT
98881998-07-10. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. INFORMATION ON A NEW TRANSMISSION FLUID USAGE CHART. *YC
BC24309705011997-09-18. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SLIGHT DELAY FROM PARK-TO-REVERSE AND PARK-TO-DRIVE AFTER BEING PARKED FOR A LENGTHY PERIOD OF TIME. *TW
975111997-07-17. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. FLUID- TRANSMISSION FLUID USAGE CHARTS. *JD
9626121997-06-17. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. TRANSAXLE - TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACEMENT GUIDELINES AND TORQUE CONVERTER/TRANSAXLE COOLING SYSTEM CLEANING PROCEDURES - SERVICE TIP. *TW
962491997-06-17. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. TORQUE CONVERTER - LEAK TEST PROCEDURE - SERVICE TIP. *TW
BC51919610011997-04-24. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. FOR CONCERNS OF STALLING, REFLASH PCM W/ 1996 CALIBRATION (R11 LEVEL). *TT
BC07609610161997-04-24. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. WAVE SPRING LOCATED UNDER THE FORWARD ONE-WAY CLUTCH IN NO LONGER ONE PIECE. IT HAS BEEN 'SPLIT'. *TT
BC06879610311997-04-24. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. 4EAT TRANSAXLE WILL BE AVAILABLE AS A FORD QUALITY RENEWAL (FQR) ASSY. *TT

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.