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Service bulletin 12947

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 id610749
Published by NHTSA2000-05-12
Manufacturer's number12947
Manufacturer's date1999-07-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION; SUSPENSION:FRONT

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HIGH PITCHED SQUEAL OR WHISTLE TYPE NOISE FROM THE FRONT END AT SPEEDS FROM 10 MPH TO 40 MPH. *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

Vehicles listed
FORD EXPLORER1998, 1999
MERCURY MOUNTAINEER1998, 1999

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

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