# Service bulletin TSB\-08\-19\-3

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- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10028736
- Published by NHTSA: 2009\-05\-21
- Manufacturer's number: TSB\-08\-19\-3
- Manufacturer's date: 2009\-05\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL; POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT

## NHTSA's summary

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

## 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 2008 FORD EXPEDITION
- 2002 to 2008 FORD EXPLORER
- 2006 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC
- 2007 to 2008 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC
- 2003 to 2005 LINCOLN AVIATOR
- 2003 to 2008 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR
- 2002 to 2008 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [05618](/bulletins/10017892.md), 2005-12-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR AXLE NOISE REPAIR. \*TT
- [030508](/bulletins/10017891.md), 2005-12-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. FRONT AXLE LEAKS FLUID FROM VENT TUBE \- VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4X4 OR AWD. \*TT
- [18478](/bulletins/10014668.md), 2005-05-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AXLE SEAL LEAKS. \*EH
- [18466](/bulletins/10014659.md), 2005-05-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AXLE WHINE HOWL. THIS INCLUDES 1997\-05 FORD VEHICLES. \*EH
- [06216](/bulletins/10014100.md), 2005-04-28, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. LIMITED SLIP AXLE CHATTER, SHUDDER, BINDING SENSATION, OR VIBRATION DURING LOW SPEED TURNING MANEUVERS. \*TT
- [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
- [18213](/bulletins/10010729.md), 2004-12-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. GRINDING NOISE FROM FRONT AXLE WHEEL HUBS ON ACCELERATION IN 2WD \- SERVICE TIP. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING 2005 EXPEDITION/NAVIGATOR. \*TT
- [17905](/bulletins/10009332.md), 2004-09-23, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. MULTIPLE VEHICLES USING FEHP REAR AXLE FLUID. FLUID USAGE CHANGE. \*TT

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