# Service bulletin 12571

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: 605295
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-06\-07
- Manufacturer's number: 12571
- Manufacturer's date: 1999\-03\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE \(4\-WHEEL DRIVE\)

## NHTSA's summary

EXPERIENCING A WHINNING NOISE FROM THE TRANSFER CASE. \*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, Transfer case

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 to 1998 FORD EXPLORER
- 1996 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER
- 1997 to 1998 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [13112](/bulletins/6091923.md), 2000-11-16, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE \(4\-WHEEL DRIVE\). VIBRATION ON LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCELERATION AT 0 \- 45 MPH ON A4WD VEHICLES. \*TT
- [13723](/bulletins/612712.md), 2000-06-12, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE \(4\-WHEEL DRIVE\). SOME ALL WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A LOW SPEED WHINING NOISE FROM THE TRANSFER CASE. \*MJS
- [97314](/bulletins/51676.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE \(4\-WHEEL DRIVE\). TRANSFER CASE\- BINDING OR SHUDDER\- DIAGNOSTICS\- VEHICLES WITH 4.0L ENGINE\- SERVICE TIP. \*JD
- [BC1012797020](/bulletins/51191.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE \(4\-WHEEL DRIVE\). REVISED VENT TUBE FOR VEHICLES WITH WATER INGESTION INTO TRANSFER CASE. \*JD
- [BC1011297020](/bulletins/51176.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE \(4\-WHEEL DRIVE\). 4.0L OHV/SOHC 4X4 EXPLORERS WITH TRANSFER CASE BIND OR SHUDDER. \*JD
- [BC0206970201](/bulletins/51077.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE \(4\-WHEEL DRIVE\). TRANSFER CASE BIND OR SHUDDER. \*JD
- [BC0133970201](/bulletins/51039.md), 1997-06-27, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE \(4\-WHEEL DRIVE\). REVISED VENT TUBE FOR 1995\-97 EXPLORERS \& MOUNTAINEERS WITH WATER INGESTION INTO TRANSFER CASE. \*JD

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