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Service bulletin 8048

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 id612257
Published by NHTSA2000-06-07
Manufacturer's number8048
Manufacturer's date2000-02-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES WITH MODEL 80 REAR AXLES ONLY MAY EXHIBIT A WHINE ABOVE 35 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

Transmission and driveline, Axle

Vehicles listed
FORD E-4501996, 1997, 1998, 1999
FORD FORD TRUCK2000

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
138222001-07-23. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES WITH MODEL 80 REAR AXLES ONLY MAY EXHIBIT A WHINE ABOVE 35 MPH. *TT
52242001-01-13. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES WITH THE DANA 80 MODEL AXLE MAY EXHIBIT A CUSTOMER CONCERN WITH THE LEVEL OF SOUND (WHINE) THAT IS PRODUCED ABOVE 35 MPH. ENGINEERING IS INVESTIGATING. *TT
121862000-06-19. Service bulletin. SOME E-450 VEHICLES WITH THE DANA 80 MODEL AXLE MAY EXHIBIT A CUSTOMER CONCERN WITH THE LEVEL OF SOUND (WHINE) THAT IS PRODUCED ABOVE 35 MPH. *MJS
138222000-06-13. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES WITH MODEL 80 REAR AXLES ONLY, MAY EXHIBIT A WHINE ABOVE 35 MPH. *MJS
65992000-05-11. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES WITH MODEL 80 REAR AXLES ONLY MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN WITH THE AMOUNT OF SOUND, WHINE PRODUCED ABOVE 35 MPH.
58161999-06-04. Service bulletin. FOR VEHICLES WITH MODEL 80 REAR AXLES, EXHIBITING A WHINE NOISE CONCERN, A SERVICE KIT WITH A DAMPENED DRIVESHAFT IS AVAILBLE. *TT