{"nhtsa_id":46453,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1996-04-25","date":"1995-12-01","document_id":"BC0244960102","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL","mfr_system":null,"summary":"3.0L, AX4S/AX4N TRANSAXLE, TRANS ENGAGEMENTS FROM PARK TO REVERSE OR DRIVE MAY BE HARSH AFTER START UP FROM ENGINE HIGH IDLE SPEED AS HIGH IDLE SPEED AS HIGH AS 1400 PRM AFTER START UP & REQUIRE UPTO 2 MINUTES TO RETURN TO NORMAL IDLE (700 RPM). ENGINEERING IS WORKING ON IMPROVING THIS CONDITION WHILE MAINTAINING EMISSIONS PERFORMANCE.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/46453","components":[{"id":"speed-control","name":"Throttle and cruise control","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"TAURUS","year_from":1996,"year_to":1996,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_ford_taurus"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"SABLE","year_from":1996,"year_to":1996,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_mercury_sable"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}