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Service bulletin 13263

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id6090692
Published by NHTSA2000-03-23
Manufacturer's number13263
Manufacturer's date1999-09-01
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A POP / CREAK NOISE FROM THE RIGHT A PILLAR / UPPER DOOR HINGE AREA WHILE DRIVING. *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

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
FORD EXPLORER1999, 2000
MERCURY MOUNTAINEER1999, 2000

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
03V0940002003-03-07. STRUCTURE
20010022001-01-12. Structure
00V3940002000-11-28. STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
19991331999-06-30. Structure

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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