# Service bulletin 17680

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: 10007429
- Published by NHTSA: 2004\-06\-22
- Manufacturer's number: 17680
- Manufacturer's date: 2004\-03\-01
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE

## NHTSA's summary

REAR LIFTGATE RATTLE / LIGHT POPPING NOISE. \*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

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- 2004 FORD EXPLORER
- 2004 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TSB 19\-2026](/bulletins/10156863.md), 2019-04-08, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE. Some 2000 and newer Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles equipped with aluminum body panels may exhibit corrosion concerns appearing as bubbled and/or peeling paint with or without accompanying white dust. Panel replacement is recommended. Follow the Service Procedure steps to correct the condition
- [TSB 19\-2026](/bulletins/10155551.md), 2019-04-01, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. Some 2000 and newer Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles equipped with aluminum body panels may exhibit corrosion concerns appearing as bubbled and/or peeling paint with or without accompanying white dust. Panel replacement is recommended. Follow the Service Procedure steps to correct the condition
- [04255](/bulletins/10014183.md), 2005-04-29, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. RATTLING NOISE \- RIGHT FRONT FENDER WHILE DRIVING. \*TT
- [04251](/bulletins/10014165.md), 2005-04-29, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. ALUMINUM CORROSION \- SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [18215](/bulletins/10010730.md), 2004-12-07, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. BROKEN REAR CARGO STORAGE DOOR LIFT HANDLE. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING 2005 EXPLORER/MOUNTAINEER. \*TT
- [0485](/bulletins/10008546.md), 2004-08-04, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. LIFTGATE GLASS APPLIQUE DAMAGED/CRACKED. SERVICE PROCEDURE. \*TT
- [17276](/bulletins/10004920.md), 2004-01-20, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. A POPPING OR CREAKING NOISE THAT APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM THE FRONT EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. \*TT

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