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Lincoln LS 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 00185 · NHTSA communication 618593 · issued Sep 4, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2000
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

On some vehicles the transmission fluid filter may be installed improperly during manufacturing and / or after servicing. This may result in the vehicle exhibiting engine stalling at idle and / or no transmission engagement. *jb

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.