# Service bulletin 996887

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: 608882
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-12\-06
- Manufacturer's number: 996887
- Manufacturer's date: 1999\-08\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; SUSPENSION

## NHTSA's summary

SOME 4.0L VEHICLES WITH A4WD MAY EXHIBIT A VIBRATION / PULSATION AT 0\-45 MPH ON DRY PAVEMENT UNDER LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCELERATION. \*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

Suspension, Transmission and driveline, Manual transmission

## Vehicles listed

- 1998 to 1999 FORD EXPLORER
- 1998 to 1999 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [02138](/bulletins/635998.md), 2002-11-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. LOW LINE PRESSURE READING AT WIDE OPEN THROTTLE \(WOT\), SLIPPING SHIFTS AND / OR DELAYED ENGAGEMENTS WITH POSSIBLE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0732, P0733, P1762 SET ON VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE 12/1/2001. \*TT
- [7195](/bulletins/6092088.md), 2000-11-24, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 15, 1999, THE 4R55E AND 5R55E TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES ARE AVAILABLE AS A FORD QUALITY RENEWAL \(FQR\) ASSEMBLY. \*TT
- [12512](/bulletins/6091754.md), 2000-11-14, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. BRIEF INFORMATION ON CHECKING TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL. \*T
- [7366](/bulletins/610793.md), 2000-05-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION MAY EXHIBIT NEUTRAL GEAR ROLLOVER NOISE \(A LIGHT METALLIC RATTLING SOUND FROM THE TRANSMISSION\) WHICH OCCURS AT IDLE WITH TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL CLUTCH ENGAGED \(CLUTCH PEDAL UP\). \*TT
- [983315](/bulletins/607478.md), 1999-09-23, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE 4R100 TRANSMISSION WILL HAVE AN ORANGE "PRIOR TO REPAIR" TAG ON THE FLUID PAN. \*TT

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