# Service bulletin 6242

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: 607036
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-11\-03
- Manufacturer's number: 6242
- Manufacturer's date: 1999\-05\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:BANJO HOUSING

## NHTSA's summary

EXPERIENCING A VIBRATION AND / OR TRANSMISSION EXTENSION HOUSING BUSHING DAMAGE. \*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

- 1996 to 1999 FORD CROWN VICTORIA
- 1996 to 1999 FORD F\-150
- 1996 to 1999 FORD MUSTANG

## 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
- [18466](/bulletins/10014659.md), 2005-05-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AXLE WHINE HOWL. THIS INCLUDES 1997\-05 FORD VEHICLES. \*EH
- [14082](/bulletins/620297.md), 2001-07-24, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 7.5 INCH AXLE MAY EXHIBIT A DECEL AXLE WHINE AT APPROXIMATELY 55\-30 MPH. ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING. \*TT
- [01108](/bulletins/620164.md), 2001-07-19, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. A WHINING NOISE HEARD FROM THE REAR DURING COASTDOWN FROM 97 TO 56 KM/H \(60 TO 35 MPH\). THIS NOISE WILL DISAPPEAR WHEN THE VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN BELOW 56 KM/H \(35 MPH\). THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY VARIATION IN TOOTH CONTACT BETWEEN THE DIFFERENTIAL RING GEAR, PINION, AND BY THE INABILITY OF THE ORIGINAL UPPER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS TO ISOLATE THE NOISE. \*TT
- [0193](/bulletins/620156.md), 2001-07-19, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:BANJO HOUSING. A CONDITION MAY EXIST WHERE A DRIVELINE VIBRATION AND / OR A TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK FROM THE EXTENSION HOUSING SEAL AREA MAY OCCUR ON SOME VEHICLES. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY THE EXTENSION HOUSING BUSHING OR SEAL WALKING / SPINNING OUT DUE TO EXCESS DRIVESHAFT FLEXING DURING EXTENDED HIGH SPEED OPERATION. \*TT
- [0183](/bulletins/619274.md), 2001-05-22, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT DRIVELINE VIBRATION FELT THROUGH THE SEAT, FLOOR AND / OR STEERING WHEEL AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH IN 4TH OR 5TH GEAR. \*TT
- [00231](/bulletins/616512.md), 2001-03-01, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A WHINING NOISE HEARD FROM THE REAR DURING COASTDOWN FROM 97 TO 56 KM/H \(60 TO 35 MPH\). THIS NOISE WILL DISAPPEAR WHEN THE VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN BELOW 56 KM/H \(35 MPH\). \*TT
- [4628](/bulletins/615164.md), 2001-01-02, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT REAR AXLE NOISE. \*TT
- [12725](/bulletins/6091700.md), 2000-11-09, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:BANJO HOUSING. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A VIBRATION AND / OR TRANSMISSION EXTENSION HOUSING BUSHING DAMAGE FROM SUSTAINED HIGH SPEED OPERATION. \*TT
- [6621](/bulletins/610712.md), 2000-05-11, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:BANJO HOUSING. SOME VEHICLES WITH 139 INCH WHEELBASE, 4R70W EQUIPPED TRUCKS MAY EXHIBIT A VIBRATION AND TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK OR BUSHING SPIN AND / OR WALK\-OUT DURING SUSTAINED HIGH SPEED OPERATION. \*TT

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