Ford Freestar 2000–2005 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 05145 · NHTSA communication 10016808 · issued Oct 11, 2005
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2000–2005
model years
20
vehicle entries
Official summary
Erratic fluid level reading on transaxle dipstick-leaks-4f50n, ax4n, ax4s transaxle. *sc
Vehicles covered
- 2004 Ford Freestar
- 2005 Ford Freestar
- 2000 Ford Taurus
- 2001 Ford Taurus
- 2002 Ford Taurus
- 2003 Ford Taurus
- 2004 Ford Taurus
- 2005 Ford Taurus
- 2000 Ford Windstar
- 2001 Ford Windstar
- 2002 Ford Windstar
- 2003 Ford Windstar
- 2004 Mercury Monterey
- 2005 Mercury Monterey
- 2000 Mercury Sable
- 2001 Mercury Sable
- 2002 Mercury Sable
- 2003 Mercury Sable
- 2004 Mercury Sable
- 2005 Mercury Sable
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.