# Service bulletin 12905

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: 606937
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-09\-08
- Manufacturer's number: 12905
- Manufacturer's date: 1999\-06\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE AXLE WIND UP AND / OR CLUNKING, POPPING, RATCHETING TYPE NOISES WHEN MAKING CORNERING MANEUVERS ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A FOUR WHEEL DRIVE HI OR LOW RANGE MODE. \*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, Axle

## Vehicles listed

- 1991 to 1996 FORD BRONCO
- 1997 to 1999 FORD BRONCO
- 1991 to 1996 FORD EXPEDITION
- 1997 to 1999 FORD EXPEDITION
- 1991 to 1999 FORD EXPLORER
- 1991 to 1999 FORD F\-150
- 1991 to 1999 FORD F\-250
- 1991 to 1997 FORD F\-350
- 1998 FORD F\-350
- 1999 FORD F\-350
- 1991 to 1999 FORD RANGER
- 1991 to 1997 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR
- 1998 to 1999 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR
- 1991 to 1996 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER
- 1997 to 1999 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
- [18466](/bulletins/10014659.md), 2005-05-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AXLE WHINE HOWL. THIS INCLUDES 1997\-05 FORD VEHICLES. \*EH
- [04185](/bulletins/10013110.md), 2005-04-08, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE HUBS. FRONT HUBS NOT ENGAGING, NOT STAYING ENGAGED AND/OR UNLOCKING. \*TT
- [031603](/bulletins/10011164.md), 2005-01-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR AXLE POPPING/CHATTER NOISE \- DANA 80 MODEL DUAL REAR WHEEL \(DRW\). \*AR
- [03163](/bulletins/10003117.md), 2003-10-08, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE DUAL REAR WHEEL \(DRW\) REAR AXLE MAY EXHIBIT A TACTILE POPPING OR AUDIBLE CHATTERING NOISE. THIS POPPING NOISE/FEEL RESULTS FROM THE CLUTCH PLATES AND DISCS \(IN THE LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL CASE\) STICKING AND THEN SLIPPING. \*TT
- [0358](/bulletins/10001922.md), 2003-07-26, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. FLUID MAY LEAK OUT OF THE FRONT AXLE VENT TUBE. \*TT \*JB
- [0242](/bulletins/636056.md), 2002-11-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. CERTAIN VEHICLES WITH 4X4 OR ALL\-WHEEL DRIVE MAY HAVE A FLUID LEAK FROM THE FRONT AXLE VENT TUBE. \*TT
- [01114](/bulletins/622642.md), 2001-10-22, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME 4X4 VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HIGH\-PITCHED SQUEAL OR WHISTLE TYPE NOISE FROM THE FRONT AXLE AREA OF THE VEHICLE AT SPEEDS FROM 16 TO 64 KM/H \(10 TO 40 MPH\). \*TT
- [14253](/bulletins/620404.md), 2001-08-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME SUPER DUTY F SERIES VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH DUAL REAR WHEELS \(DRW\) MAY EXHIBIT A CHATTER FROM THE REAR AXLE DURING TURNS. \*TT

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