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March 1, 2000 Service bulletin

Some vehicles equipped with 3.0L-2V (vulcan) engine, built before 12/17/99 with AX4S transaxle and 1/15/00...

Ford technical service bulletin 13986 for 2000 Ford Taurus and 2000 Mercury Sable.

Bulletin number
13986
Component
Power train: axle assembly
Summary
Some vehicles equipped with 3.0l-2v (vulcan) engine, built before 12/17/99 with ax4s transaxle and 1/15/00 with ax4n transaxle may exhibit a growl or scraping sound during accelration from a stop. Tt

Owners of these vehicles have filed 130 complaints in the transmission category.

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