Ford Taurus 2000 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 14854 · NHTSA communication 619331 · issued Apr 1, 2001
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2000
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles equipped with a 3.0l 2 valve engine and ax4n transaxle may exhibit a closed throttle, downhill, surge sensation at 25 mph during a 2-3 shift with no increase in vehicle speed. *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.