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Service bulletins for the 1997 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.

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

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

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0421072005-04-28. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). GENERAL (PCM) POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. *TT
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
128342000-11-17. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. BRIEF INFORMATION REGARDING TRANSMISSION FLUID. *TT
131602000-11-17. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT TRANSMISSION AND / OR MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON CONCERNS RELATING TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION RANGER SENSOR (TRS). *TT
115262000-08-03. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE WORKSHOP MANUAL REFERENCE TO TRANSMISSION FLUID TEMPERATURE SENSOR RESISTANCE IS INCORRECT. THIS BULLETIN LIST THE CORRECT RESISTANCE. *TT
00152000-06-06. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. INFORMATION REGARDING THE NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER FLUSHER- SERVICE TIP. *MJS
69322000-03-13. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT TRANSMISSION AND / OR MIL ON CONCERNS RELATING TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR. *TT
64161999-09-03. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. BRIEF INFORMATION REGARDING TRANSMISSION FLUID APPEARANCE. *TT
125941999-06-08. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT TRANSMISSION AND / OR MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON CONCERNS RELATING TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR (TR). *TT
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
BC10203972301997-06-27. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT. VEHICLES WHICH EXHIBIT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTER ISSUES RESULTING IN EITHER THE INABILITY TO REMOVE THE IGNITION KEY FROM THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER, OR INABILITY TO MOVE THE SHIFTER OUT OF "PARK". *JD
BC34329723011997-06-27. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT. VEHICLES EXHIBIT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTER ISSUES RESULTING IN EITHER THE INABILITY TO REMOVE THE IGNITION KEY FORM THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER, OR INABILITY TO MOVE THE SHIFTER OUT OF "PARK." *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
BC05409611071997-06-17. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A "CLICK" NOISE FROM THE AREA OF THE FRONT CV JOINTS WHILE SHIFTING BETWEEN DRIVE AND REVERSE. *TW
BC51979610011997-04-24. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED W/ AN AX4S TRANSAXLE MAY HAVE BEEN SHIPPED W/ A LOW TRANSAXLE FLUID 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

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