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November 18, 1996 Service bulletin

Noise - grinding or clashing heard when shifting into 3RD gear - vehicles with MTX-75 transaxle - vehicles...

Ford technical service bulletin 96248 for 1995-1996 Ford Contour and 1995-1996 Mercury Mystique.

Bulletin number
96248
Component
Power train: manual transmission
Summary
Noise - grinding or clashing heard when shifting into 3rd gear - vehicles with mtx-75 transaxle - vehicles built through 9/1/96. Tw

Owners of these vehicles have filed 284 complaints in the transmission category.

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