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Ford Crown Victoria 1998technical service bulletin

Bulletin 12120 · NHTSA communication 630349 · issued Nov 1, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1998
model years
9
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles with 4r700 transmissions built from 4/16/98 through the end of the 1998 model year may exhibit a leak from the vent area of the transmission. *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.