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Service bulletin 03198

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10004037
Published by NHTSA2003-11-15
Manufacturer's number03198
Manufacturer's date2004-09-06
Replaces04175
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

CHATTER, SHUDDER, A BINDING SENSATION, OR VIBRATION DURING LOW SPEED TURNS ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 9.75 INCH OR 8.8 INCH LIMITED SLIP REAR AXLE. *TT

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Transmission and driveline, Axle

Vehicles listed
FORD EXPEDITION2003, 2004
FORD EXPLORER2002, 2003, 2004
FORD F-1502004
LINCOLN NAVIGATOR2003, 2004
MERCURY MOUNTAINEER2002, 2003, 2004

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
TSB-08-19-32009-05-21. Service bulletin. FORD: SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT OIL SEPARATION FROM THE INTERNAL LUBE FOUND IN THE UNITIZED CARTRIDGE SEAL. OIL SEPARATION APPEARS TO BE AND IS OFTEN MISDIAGNOSED, AS AN AXLE LUBE LEAK. *PE
056182005-12-07. Service bulletin. REAR AXLE NOISE REPAIR. *TT
0305082005-12-07. Service bulletin. FRONT AXLE LEAKS FLUID FROM VENT TUBE - VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4X4 OR AWD. *TT
184782005-05-05. Service bulletin. AXLE SEAL LEAKS. *EH
184662005-05-05. Service bulletin. AXLE WHINE HOWL. THIS INCLUDES 1997-05 FORD VEHICLES. *EH
062162005-04-28. Service bulletin. LIMITED SLIP AXLE CHATTER, SHUDDER, BINDING SENSATION, OR VIBRATION DURING LOW SPEED TURNING MANEUVERS. *TT
0417152005-04-08. Service bulletin. FRONT AXLE TUBE LEAK. *EH
184232005-04-05. Service bulletin. AXLE WHINE HOWL SERVICE WITH INDIVIDUAL PARTS INSTEAD OF AN AXLE ASSEMBLY. *EH
182212004-12-07. Service bulletin. REAR AXLE NOISE. OASIS. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING 2005 EXPLORER, MOUNTAINEER AND AVIATOR. *TT
182132004-12-07. Service bulletin. GRINDING NOISE FROM FRONT AXLE WHEEL HUBS ON ACCELERATION IN 2WD - SERVICE TIP. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING 2005 EXPEDITION/NAVIGATOR. *TT