{"nhtsa_id":46458,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1996-04-25","date":"1995-12-01","document_id":"BC0285960102","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"5.8L, C-6 TRANSMISSION, TRANS FLUID OVERFILL. TRANS MAY NOT ENGAGE OR MAY SLIP IF FLUID LEVEL IS ADJUSTED. THIS IS FROM INCORRECT FLUID FILLER TUBE ASSY (7A228). BEFORE ADJUSTING FLUID LEVEL, CHECK FOR CORRECT FLUID FILLER TUBE ASSY (7A228). REMOVE FLUID LEVEL INDICATOR (7A020) & TUBE. INSERT INDICATOR IN TUBE. MEASURE FROM BOTTOM OF FILLER TUBE TO BOTTOM OF INDICATOR. IF IT EXCEEDS 80 MM (3 1/8 IN) REPLACE FILLER TUBE WITH F6TZ-7A228-G.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/46458","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"F SERIES (LIGHT)","year_from":1996,"year_to":1996,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"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":[]}