Ford Thunderbird 1996 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 9717 · NHTSA communication 51362 · issued Jan 2, 1997
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1996
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
There may be delayed engagements from "park" to "reverse" or "park" to "overdrive" and/or delayed 1-2 shifts or rough 3-4 shifts- this may be due to the calibration of the powertrain control module. *jd
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.