Lincoln LS 2000 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 8221 · NHTSA communication 612420 · issued Feb 1, 2000
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2000
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles may exhibit an idle dip after moderate to hard braking. This may be due to a momentary drop in automatic transmission line pressure. Low fluid level or an improperly seated transmission filter may cause this momentary drop in automatic transmission line pressure. *tt
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.