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Service bulletin 17291

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 id10004933
Published by NHTSA2004-01-21
Manufacturer's number17291
Manufacturer's date2003-10-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

SCRAPING NOISE FROM THE RIGHT REAR AXLE AREA USUALLY WHILE TURNING LEFT. *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 EXPLORER SPORT TRAC2003, 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
0305082005-12-07. Service bulletin. FRONT AXLE LEAKS FLUID FROM VENT TUBE - VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4X4 OR AWD. *TT
03582003-07-26. Service bulletin. FLUID MAY LEAK OUT OF THE FRONT AXLE VENT TUBE. *TT *JB
01862001-05-22. Service bulletin. ON SOME VEHICLES, INCLUDING SPORT AND SPORT TRAC, THE FRONT AXLE LEAKS FLUID FROM THE VENT TUBE. *TT