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Service bulletin 17486

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 id10007329
Published by NHTSA2004-06-11
Manufacturer's number17486
Manufacturer's date2004-01-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

REAR AXLE PINION SEAL LEAK. *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 F-1502003
FORD F-250 SD2003 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-350 SD2003 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-450 SD2003 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-550 SD2003 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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
056182005-12-07. Service bulletin. REAR AXLE NOISE REPAIR. *TT
184662005-05-05. Service bulletin. AXLE WHINE HOWL. THIS INCLUDES 1997-05 FORD VEHICLES. *EH
041852005-04-08. Service bulletin. FRONT HUBS NOT ENGAGING, NOT STAYING ENGAGED AND/OR UNLOCKING. *TT
0316032005-01-07. Service bulletin. REAR AXLE POPPING/CHATTER NOISE - DANA 80 MODEL DUAL REAR WHEEL (DRW). *AR
179052004-09-23. Service bulletin. MULTIPLE VEHICLES USING FEHP REAR AXLE FLUID. FLUID USAGE CHANGE. *TT
164002004-07-28. Service bulletin. REAR AXLE SEAL LEAK - CONTACT REQUEST. *MJ
173722004-07-26. Service bulletin. HERITAGE F-150 4X2 WITH 8.8 INCH REAR AXLE - WHINE/HOWL NOISE FROM REAR AXLE. *MJ
177022004-07-24. Service bulletin. AXLE WHINE 40-60 MPH. *TT
170872003-10-10. Service bulletin. WHINE/HOWL FROM REAR AXLE 40 TO 60 MPH. *TT
170642003-10-10. Service bulletin. WHINE / HOWL FROM REAR AXLE. *TT