Ford Contour 1997 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin BC0045972301 · NHTSA communication 51397 · issued Jan 23, 1997
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1997
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
Beginning december 2, 1996 (beginning tran serial number (6337-0001)) all cd4e transaxles are built with a redesigned pump body separator plate and pump body separator plate gasket. *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.