# Service bulletin 98514

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: 601303
- Published by NHTSA: 1998\-07\-20
- Manufacturer's number: 98514
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-03\-16
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE

## NHTSA's summary

CONCERNS WITH A WHISTLING OR HISSING NOISE FROM THE MAIN CONTROL AREA OCCURING WHILE IDLING IN DRIVE AND / OR REVERSE ON SOME VEHICLES. \*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

## Vehicles listed

- 1997 FORD AEROSTAR
- 1997 to 1998 FORD EXPLORER
- 1997 to 1998 FORD RANGER
- 1997 to 1998 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [01V062000](/recalls/nhtsa/01V062000.md), 2001-02-26: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
- [1999143](/recalls/tc/1999143.md), 1999-07-30: Powertrain
- [99V204000](/recalls/nhtsa/99V204000.md), 1999-07-28: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- [1997207](/recalls/tc/1997207.md), 1997-11-20: Powertrain
- [97V204000](/recalls/nhtsa/97V204000.md), 1997-11-13: POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE \(4\-WHEEL DRIVE\)

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [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
- [042107](/bulletins/10014086.md), 2005-04-28, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). GENERAL \(PCM\) POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. \*TT
- [04237](/bulletins/10013414.md), 2005-04-18, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT. DRIVESHAFT THUMP CLUNK ON LIGHT ACCELERATION FROM STOP OR WHEN BRAKING AND COMING TO A STOP. \*EH
- [04217](/bulletins/10013369.md), 2005-04-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). GENERAL POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE \(PCM\) PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. \*TT
- [02192](/bulletins/10008587.md), 2004-08-09, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT. DRIVESHAFT\-THUMP/CLUNK HEARD ON LIGHT ACCELERATION FROM A STOP OR WHEN BRAKING AND COMING TO A STOP.
- [03048](/bulletins/10008280.md), 2004-07-26, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT. THUMP/CLUNK ON LIGHT ACCELERATION FROM STOP OR WHEN BRAKING AND COMING TO A STOP ON CERTAIN 4X4 SUPER CAB EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND STEEL DRIVESHAFT. \*TT
- [03261](/bulletins/10008279.md), 2004-07-26, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. NEW SERVICE PART \- NUMBER 5 NEEDLE BEARING AND RACE KIT \- 4R70W TRANSMISSION \- SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [16935](/bulletins/10003831.md), 2003-11-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. AN UNCOMMANDED SHIFT TO 4X4 LOW. \*TT
- [03148](/bulletins/10003748.md), 2003-10-29, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES. NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER FLUSHER \- SERVICE TIPS. 2003 ESCORT AND SUPER DUTY F SERIES INCLUDED. \*TT
- [030302](/bulletins/10002516.md), 2003-09-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT. DRIVESHAFT \- THUMP/CLUNK HEARD ON LIGHT ACCELERATION FROM A STOP OR WHEN BRAKING AND COMING TO A STOP. \*TT

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