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Service bulletins for the 1998 Lincoln Town Car

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.

194 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
042172005-04-15. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). GENERAL POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. *TT
178102004-08-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHERE THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF METAL OR DEBRIS IN THE PAN. *TT
032612004-07-26. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. NEW SERVICE PART - NUMBER 5 NEEDLE BEARING AND RACE KIT - 4R70W TRANSMISSION - SERVICE TIP. *TT
021362002-11-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH. ON SOME VEHICLES, THE BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK MAY BE INOPERATIVE, NOW ALLOWING THE OPERATOR TO MOVE THE SHIFT LEVER FROM THE PARK POSITION. STOP LAMP OPERATION MAY ALSO BE AFFECTED. *TT
121202002-04-16. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. SOME VEHICLES WITH 4R700 TRANSMISSIONS BUILT FROM 4/16/98 THROUGH THE END OF THE 1998 MODEL YEAR MAY EXHIBIT A LEAK FROM THE VENT AREA OF THE TRANSMISSION. *TT
011812001-11-30. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH. BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK.*JB
149182001-07-19. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). THIS BULLETIN STATES THAT ON SOME VEHICLES (INCLUDING 2002 BLACKWOOD) A BATTERY DISCONNECT OR PARAMETER RESET IS REQUIRED DURING POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) OR INSTRUMENT CLUSTER (VIC / HEC / ICM) REPLACEMENT. *TT
00E112001-05-16. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). SERVICE ACTION 00E11, SUPPLEMENT #1 - UPDATE INFORMATION REGARDING ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM UPGRADE. *TT
0023102001-03-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES. SUBJECT REGARDING CONTAMINATION FROM PRIOR TRANSMISSION CONCERNS OR EXCESS WEAR MAY BE TRAPPED IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLING SYSTEM. *TT
122982001-01-18. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4R70W TRANSMISSIONS MAY EXHIBIT DELAYED OR NO 2-3 UPSHIFT, PRIMARILY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS COLD. TRANSMISSION CONTROL INDICATOR LIGHT (TCIL) MAY ALSO FLASH WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0782. *TT
991522001-01-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. INFORMATION ON THE NEW FLUSH AND FILL TOOL AVAILABLE THROUGH ROTUNDA. *TT
130312000-11-15. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). SUBJECT REGARDING JUNT-IN-TIME PCM REPROGRAM. *TT
127042000-11-09. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). SUBJECT REGARDING ALL VEHICLES REQUIRES A PARAMETER RESET TO BE PERFORMED ON THE PASSIVE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM MODULE (PATS / VIC / HEC) WHEN THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) IS REPLACED. *TT
114822000-07-10. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. FOR CERTAIN MODEL VEHICLES, THE 4R70W TRANSMISSION SOLENOID MOLDED LEADFRAME MUST BE REPLACED WHEN REMOVED. *TT
9851432000-06-20. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES WITH 4R70W TRANSMISSIONS BUILT FROM 4/16/98 THROUGH THE END OF THE 1998 MODEL YEAR MAY EXHIBIT A LEAK FROM THE VENT AREA OF THE TRANSMISSION. *TT
121782000-06-19. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. INFORMATION REGARDING TSB 98-5A-12 (TRANSAXLE/TRANSMISSION/TRANSFER CASE-VEHICLES TOWED BEHIND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES-RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES) DOES NOT LIST TOWING INFORMATION FOR CERTAIN MODEL VEHICLES. *MJS
50782000-06-19. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 4R70W TRANSMISSIONS MAY EXPERIENCE HARSH REVERSE ENGAGEMENT. *TT
121202000-06-19. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. SOME VEHICLES WITH 4R70W TRANSMISSIONS BUILT FROM 4/16/98 THROUGH 10/30/98 MAY EXHIBIT A LEAK FROM THE VENT AREA OF THE TRANSMISSION. *MJS
120832000-06-16. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. SOME 4.6L VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 4R70W TRANSMISSION, MAY EXPERIENCE A HARSH REVERSE ENGAGEMENT. *MJS
00622000-06-13. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT IDLE DI[ AFTER A TIP-IN/TIP-OUT MANEUVER, SPARK KNOCK/DETONATION ON ACCELERATION OR LIGHT LOAD. *MJS
98113511999-09-24. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES WITH 4R70W TRANSMISSION MAY HAVE A HARSH REVERSE ENGAGEMENT. *TT
99961999-08-20. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. EXPERIENCING A DELAYED OR NO 2-3 UPSHIFT, PRIMARILY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS COLD ON VEHICLES WITH FORD QALITY REMANUFACTURED (FQR) 4R70W TRANSMISSION EXCHANGE UNITS WITH JULIAN BUILD BETWEEN 062-97 AND 040-99. *TT
99431999-05-11. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE; POWER TRAIN. INFORMATION REGARDING REPROGRAMMING POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULES (PCMS). *TT
9823121999-03-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. ISSUES REGAREDING DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES ( DTCS ) P0705, P0708, P1704, AND / OR P1705 MAY BE STORED IN MEMORY. *YC

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