# Service bulletin 17493

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: 10007333
- Published by NHTSA: 2004\-06\-11
- Manufacturer's number: 17493
- Manufacturer's date: 2004\-01\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

## NHTSA's summary

AXLE WHINE FROM THE 3.55 AXLE THAT IS ABOVE THE NORMAL GEAR NOISE LEVEL. CERTIFIED AXLE AVAILABLE. \*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 LINCOLN AVIATOR

## 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
- [18478](/bulletins/10014668.md), 2005-05-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AXLE SEAL LEAKS. \*EH
- [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
- [04105](/bulletins/10008994.md), 2004-09-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL. AXLE SEAL LEAKS. LEAKS FROM REAR HALFSHAFT AXLE SEAL. SERVICE TIPS. \*TT
- [17736](/bulletins/10008236.md), 2004-07-24, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR AXLE NOISE. \*TT
- [17641](/bulletins/10007413.md), 2004-06-22, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR 3.55 AXLE NOISE. CERTIFIED REAR AXLE OR IMPROVED GEAR SET AVAILABLE. \*TT
- [04B15](/bulletins/10007006.md), 2004-05-22, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR AXLE DATE CODE INSPECTION AND SERVICE. VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH AN IMPROPER MIX OF REAR AXLE LUBRICANT AND FRICTION MODIFIER ADDITIVE. IF SO, THE CUSTOMER MAY EXPERIENCE NOISE AND VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING. \*TT \*MJ

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