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Service bulletin 17905

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 id10009332
Published by NHTSA2004-09-23
Manufacturer's number17905
Manufacturer's date2004-07-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

MULTIPLE VEHICLES USING FEHP REAR AXLE FLUID. FLUID USAGE CHANGE. *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 E SERIES2002 to 2003
FORD E-2502004
FORD E-3502004
FORD E-4502004
FORD E-5502004
FORD EXPEDITION2002, 2003, 2004
FORD EXPLORER2002, 2003, 2004
FORD F-1502002, 2003, 2004
LINCOLN NAVIGATOR2002, 2003, 2004
MERCURY MOUNTAINEER2002, 2003, 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
TSB-08-19-32009-05-21. Service bulletin. 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
056182005-12-07. Service bulletin. REAR AXLE NOISE REPAIR. *TT
0305082005-12-07. Service bulletin. FRONT AXLE LEAKS FLUID FROM VENT TUBE - VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4X4 OR AWD. *TT
184782005-05-05. Service bulletin. AXLE SEAL LEAKS. *EH
184662005-05-05. Service bulletin. AXLE WHINE HOWL. THIS INCLUDES 1997-05 FORD VEHICLES. *EH
062162005-04-28. Service bulletin. LIMITED SLIP AXLE CHATTER, SHUDDER, BINDING SENSATION, OR VIBRATION DURING LOW SPEED TURNING MANEUVERS. *TT
0417152005-04-08. Service bulletin. FRONT AXLE TUBE LEAK. *EH
184232005-04-05. Service bulletin. AXLE WHINE HOWL SERVICE WITH INDIVIDUAL PARTS INSTEAD OF AN AXLE ASSEMBLY. *EH
182212004-12-07. Service bulletin. REAR AXLE NOISE. OASIS. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING 2005 EXPLORER, MOUNTAINEER AND AVIATOR. *TT
182132004-12-07. Service bulletin. GRINDING NOISE FROM FRONT AXLE WHEEL HUBS ON ACCELERATION IN 2WD - SERVICE TIP. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING 2005 EXPEDITION/NAVIGATOR. *TT