Ford Crown Victoria 1998 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 985143 · NHTSA communication 613279 · issued Nov 1, 1998
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1998
model years
9
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles with 4r70w 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
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.