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Ford Crown Victoria 1999–2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 01137 · NHTSA communication 620988 · issued Jul 9, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1999–2001
model years
28
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles equipped with a 4r70w automatic transmission may exhibit a clunk noise during the 2-1 downshift event. *tt

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.