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Ford Crown Victoria 2008–2011technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB-14-0153 · NHTSA communication 10056701 · issued Aug 21, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2008–2011
model years
25
vehicle entries

Official summary

Ford/lincoln/mercury: failure of planetary gear assembly is due to transmission, on certain vehicles, exhibiting grinding, gear slippage, whine type noise, vibration, while driving or loss of reverse. *pe

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.