Ford Crown Victoria 1993–1998 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 9996 · NHTSA communication 606428 · issued May 17, 1999
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1993–1998
model years
48
vehicle entries
Official summary
Experiencing a delayed or no 2-3 upshift, primarily when the transmission is cold on vehicles with ford qality remanufactured (fqr) 4r70w transmission exchange units with julian build between 062-97 and 040-99. *tt
Vehicles covered
- 1995 Ford Crown Victoria
- 1996 Ford Crown Victoria
- 1997 Ford Crown Victoria
- 1998 Ford Crown Victoria
- 1994 Ford Econoline
- 1995 Ford Econoline
- 1996 Ford Econoline
- 1997 Ford Econoline
- 1998 Ford Econoline
- 1997 Ford Expedition
- 1998 Ford Expedition
- 1996 Ford Explorer
- 1997 Ford Explorer
- 1998 Ford Explorer
- 1994 Ford F-150
- 1995 Ford F-150
- 1996 Ford F-150
- 1997 Ford F-150
- 1998 Ford F-150
- 1997 Ford F-250
- 1998 Ford F-250
- 1996 Ford Mustang
- 1997 Ford Mustang
- 1998 Ford Mustang
- 1994 Ford Thunderbird
- 1995 Ford Thunderbird
- 1996 Ford Thunderbird
- 1997 Ford Thunderbird
- 1993 Lincoln Mark Viii
- 1994 Lincoln Mark Viii
- 1995 Lincoln Mark Viii
- 1996 Lincoln Mark Viii
- 1997 Lincoln Mark Viii
- 1998 Lincoln Mark Viii
- 1995 Lincoln Town Car
- 1996 Lincoln Town Car
- 1997 Lincoln Town Car
- 1998 Lincoln Town Car
- 1994 Mercury Cougar
- 1995 Mercury Cougar
- 1996 Mercury Cougar
- 1997 Mercury Cougar
- 1995 Mercury Grand Marquis
- 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis
- 1997 Mercury Grand Marquis
- 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis
- 1997 Mercury Mountaineer
- 1998 Mercury Mountaineer
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.