THE TRANSMISSION DROPS OUT OF GEAR AT STOP LIGHTS/SIGNS. YOU DO NOT KNOW THIS HAS HAPPENED UNTIL YOU TRY TO MOVE FORWARD AND THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE. THE TRANSMISSION WILL ENGAGED SEVERAL SECONDS AFTER YOU APPLY THE THROTTLE, RESULTING IN A HARD SHIFT INTO GEAR. FORD KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, AND ISSUED A TSB 98-3-7. THIS HAS RESULTED IN ONE INCIDENT AT A STOP LIGHT WHERE THE CAR TO THE REAR HIT OF OUR CAR, AT LESS THAN 5MPH, BECAUSE WE COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO MOVE FORWARD. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY AT CAPITAL FORD, IN RALEIGH NC, AND THEY ARE REBUILDING THE TRANSMISSION AT THIS TIME. THE SERVICE MANAGER FEELS THAT THE TSB IS ONLY PART OF THE PROBLEM.