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Service bulletins for the 2003 Lincoln Aviator

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.

73 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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TSB-08-19-32009-05-21. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL; POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT. FORD: SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT OIL SEPARATION FROM THE INTERNAL LUBE FOUND IN THE UNITIZED CARTRIDGE SEAL. OIL SEPARATION APPEARS TO BE AND IS OFTEN MISDIAGNOSED, AS AN AXLE LUBE LEAK. *PE
056182005-12-07. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR AXLE NOISE REPAIR. *TT
184782005-05-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AXLE SEAL LEAKS. *EH
0421072005-04-28. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). GENERAL (PCM) POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. *TT
042172005-04-15. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). GENERAL POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. *TT
0417152005-04-08. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. FRONT AXLE TUBE LEAK. *EH
184232005-04-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AXLE WHINE HOWL SERVICE WITH INDIVIDUAL PARTS INSTEAD OF AN AXLE ASSEMBLY. *EH
05372005-04-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE. DRIVELINE 1ST ORDER VIBRATION/BOOM/DRONE. *TT
181232005-01-18. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. UPDATED REAR HALFSHAFT REMOVAL PROCEDURE. *TT
182212004-12-07. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR AXLE NOISE. OASIS. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING 2005 EXPLORER, MOUNTAINEER AND AVIATOR. *TT
041052004-09-07. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL. AXLE SEAL LEAKS. LEAKS FROM REAR HALFSHAFT AXLE SEAL. SERVICE TIPS. *TT
177362004-07-24. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR AXLE NOISE. *TT
175602004-07-22. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. REAR AXLE NOISE. ALSO INCLUDES LINCOLN AVIATOR 2002. *MJ
175552004-07-22. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. CERTIFIED REAR AXLE AVAILABLE. *MJ
176412004-06-22. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR 3.55 AXLE NOISE. CERTIFIED REAR AXLE OR IMPROVED GEAR SET AVAILABLE. *TT
174932004-06-11. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AXLE WHINE FROM THE 3.55 AXLE THAT IS ABOVE THE NORMAL GEAR NOISE LEVEL. CERTIFIED AXLE AVAILABLE. *TT
04B152004-05-22. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR AXLE DATE CODE INSPECTION AND SERVICE. VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH AN IMPROPER MIX OF REAR AXLE LUBRICANT AND FRICTION MODIFIER ADDITIVE. IF SO, THE CUSTOMER MAY EXPERIENCE NOISE AND VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING. *TT *MJ
169712003-11-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. A FLUID LEAK COMING FROM WITHIN THE CONVERTER HOUSING ON VEHICLES WITH 5R55S TRANSMISSION. *TT
031482003-10-29. 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
170542003-10-10. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AXLE WHINE AT CRUISE OR DURING ACCELERATION/ DECELERATION. *TT
170502003-10-10. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. TCIL FLASHING WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0741 AND/OR NOISE FROM THE CONVERTER HOUSING. *TT
168062003-09-10. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. FLUID LEAKS FROM THE REAR HALFSHAFT SEAL. 2002-2003 EXPLORER/MOUNTAINEER/AVIATOR ADDED. *TT
167542003-09-09. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. EXCESSIVE WHINE NOISE FROM THE REAR AXLE AT CRUISE, OR ON ACCELERATION AND/OR DECELERATION. *TT
168832003-09-08. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. TCIL FLASHING WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0741 (TCC SLIPPAGE DETECTED) AND/OR NOISE FROM THE TORQUE CONVERTER HOUSING. *TT
167082003-07-28. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. AN AUDIBLE CREAK / CLICK / POP (NOT A CLUNK) FROM THE REAR DRIVELINE. *TT *JB

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