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Service bulletins for the 1996 Ford Windstar

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.

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

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9825121999-02-24. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CUSTOMER CONCERN OF INOPERATIVE OVERDRIVE CANCEL LIGHT. *YC
98881998-07-10. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. INFORMATION ON A NEW TRANSMISSION FLUID USAGE CHART. *YC
971110972371998-03-30. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. CONCERNS WITH HARSH ENGAGEMENTS AND HARSH SHIFTS WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) 628, P0741 AND/OR P1744. *YC
BC23809705011997-09-12. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. HARSH 1-2 UPSHIFT. *TW
975111997-07-17. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. FLUID- TRANSMISSION FLUID USAGE CHARTS. *JD
BC35249723011997-06-27. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. VEHICLES BUILT BETWEEN 2/95 AND 9/01/96 MAY EXPERIENCE ROUGH/HARSH OR IRREGULAR SHIFTS DUE TO WATER ENTERING INTO THE TRANSAXLE RANGE SENSOR. *JD
BC00119723011997-06-27. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. BUZZ NOISE IN AX4S TRANSAXLES. *JD
BC1012097021997-06-27. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. VERIFY THE TRANSAXLE INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE IS THE CORRECT MODEL AND MODEL YEAR FOR THE VEHICLE. *JD
BC01419702011997-06-27. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. VERIFY THE TRANSAXLE INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE IS THE CORRECT MODEL AND MODEL YEAR FOR THE VEHICLE. *JD
BC00119702011997-06-27. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. A BUZZ NOISE IN AX4S TRANSAXLES ON 1996/97 TAURUS/SABLE AND WINDSTARS. *JD
9626131997-06-17. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSAXLE - AX4S - EXTENDED 2-3 SHIFT AND/OR HIGHER THAN EXPECTED ENGINE RPM DURING 2-3 SHIFT AT LIGHT TO MEDIUM THROTTLE AND/OR NO 2-3 SHIFT - VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3.0L ENGINE - SERVICE TIP. *TW
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
951991996-04-25. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE AX4S TRANSAXLES CONTAIN ELASTOMERIC GASKETS FOR THE MAIN CONTROL COVER AND THE BOTTOM PAN. THESE NEW GASKETS REPLACE THE CORK-STYLE GASKETS. THE ELASTOMERIC GASKET HAS IMPROVED DUABILITY AND SEALING CAPABILITY AND IS REUSABLE.

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