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Ford Windstar 1998technical service bulletin

Bulletin 984993 · NHTSA communication 613032 · issued Mar 18, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1998
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles, with build dates on / after 9/8/97, may exhibit a harsh or jerky 3-2 transmission downshift under certain low speed operating conditions. *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.