# Service bulletin BC3481972301

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: 51476
- Published by NHTSA: 1997\-06\-27
- Manufacturer's number: BC3481972301
- Manufacturer's date: 1997\-01\-23
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE

## NHTSA's summary

EXHAUST NOISE HEARD IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT MOST PRESENT AT TIP\-IN A ND CRUISE AFTER SSM 5238 HAS BEEN PERFORMED. \*JD

## 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

Engine, Exhaust and emissions, Exhaust manifold, pipes and muffler

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 to 1997 FORD EXPLORER
- 1997 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [BC1019597230](/bulletins/51554.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE. EXHAUST NOISE HEARD IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT MOST PRESENT A TIP\-IN A ND CRUISE AFTER SSM 5238 HAS BEEN PERFORMED. \*JD
- [BC1019297230](/bulletins/51551.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE. VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A HIGH PITCHED WHISTLE DURING HEAVY ACCELERATION AT 3800\-5000 RPM WHEN ENGINE IS WARM. \*JD
- [BC3494972301](/bulletins/51487.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE. VARIOUS VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A HIGH PITCHED WHISTLE DURING HEAVY ACCELERATION AT 3800\-5000 RPM WHEN ENGINE IS WARM\- TO FIX, REMOVE EXISTING MUFFLER AND REPLACE WITH SAME PART. \*JD
- [BC5238961101](/bulletins/50848.md), 1997-06-17, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE. VEHICLE MAY EXHIBIT AN EXHAUST MANIFOLD IMPINGEMENT NOISE. \*TW
- [BC0481961113](/bulletins/50760.md), 1997-06-17, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN EXHAUST MANIFOLD IMPINGEMENT NOISE. \*TW

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