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Ford Crown Victoria 1998technical service bulletin

Bulletin 98412 · NHTSA communication 601273 · issued Mar 2, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1998
model years
12
vehicle entries

Official summary

The 4r70w transmission installed in some vehicles will have an orange

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.