# Service bulletin 18431

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: 10012975
- Published by NHTSA: 2005\-04\-05
- Manufacturer's number: 18431
- Manufacturer's date: 2005\-02\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT

## NHTSA's summary

WHEN INSPECTING A TRANSFER CASE IT IS NORMAL TO FIND METALLIC SHAVINGS ON THE MAGNETIC FILL PLUG. \*EH

## 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, Driveshaft

## Vehicles listed

- 2005 FORD ESCAPE
- 2005 MERCURY MARINER

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