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Ford Crown Victoria 2000–2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 0158 · NHTSA communication 619437 · issued Mar 19, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2000–2001
model years
12
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles equipped with the 4r70w automatic transmission may exhibit a ticking or clicking type noise in first gear. *tt

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.