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August 21, 2014 Service bulletin

Ford/lincoln/mercury: failure of planetary gear assembly is due to transmission, on certain vehicles,...

Ford technical service bulletin TSB-14-0153 for 2008-2010 Ford F-150, 2008-2011 Mercury Grand Marquis and 2008-2011 Lincoln Town Car and others.

Bulletin number
TSB-14-0153
Component
Power train: automatic transmission
Summary
Ford/lincoln/mercury: failure of planetary gear assembly is due to transmission, on certain vehicles, exhibiting grinding, gear slippage, whine type noise, vibration, while driving or loss of reverse.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 233 complaints in the transmission category.

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