# 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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10004037
- Published by NHTSA: 2003\-11\-15
- Manufacturer's number: 03198
- Manufacturer's date: 2004\-09\-06
- Replaces: 04175
- NHTSA component: POWER 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

- 2003 to 2004 FORD EXPEDITION
- 2002 to 2004 FORD EXPLORER
- 2004 FORD F\-150
- 2003 to 2004 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR
- 2002 to 2004 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TSB\-08\-19\-3](/bulletins/10028736.md), 2009-05-21, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL; POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT. 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
- [05618](/bulletins/10017892.md), 2005-12-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR AXLE NOISE REPAIR. \*TT
- [030508](/bulletins/10017891.md), 2005-12-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. FRONT AXLE LEAKS FLUID FROM VENT TUBE \- VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4X4 OR AWD. \*TT
- [18478](/bulletins/10014668.md), 2005-05-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AXLE SEAL LEAKS. \*EH
- [18466](/bulletins/10014659.md), 2005-05-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AXLE WHINE HOWL. THIS INCLUDES 1997\-05 FORD VEHICLES. \*EH
- [06216](/bulletins/10014100.md), 2005-04-28, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. LIMITED SLIP AXLE CHATTER, SHUDDER, BINDING SENSATION, OR VIBRATION DURING LOW SPEED TURNING MANEUVERS. \*TT
- [041715](/bulletins/10013121.md), 2005-04-08, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. FRONT AXLE TUBE LEAK. \*EH
- [18423](/bulletins/10012959.md), 2005-04-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AXLE WHINE HOWL SERVICE WITH INDIVIDUAL PARTS INSTEAD OF AN AXLE ASSEMBLY. \*EH
- [18221](/bulletins/10010732.md), 2004-12-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR AXLE NOISE. OASIS. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING 2005 EXPLORER, MOUNTAINEER AND AVIATOR. \*TT
- [18213](/bulletins/10010729.md), 2004-12-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. GRINDING NOISE FROM FRONT AXLE WHEEL HUBS ON ACCELERATION IN 2WD \- SERVICE TIP. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING 2005 EXPEDITION/NAVIGATOR. \*TT

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