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Service bulletin 13859

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 id612458
Published by NHTSA2000-06-08
Manufacturer's number13859
Manufacturer's date2000-02-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AXLE HUBS

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRONIC SHIFT ON THE FLY TRANSFER CASE MAY EXHIBIT FRONT HUBS THAT WILL NOT UNLOCK / LOCK WITH MODE SWITCH; NOISE FROM THE FRONT AXLE WHILE IN 2 WHEEL DRIVE MODE, AIR CONDITIONING SWITCHING TO DEFROST WHEN SHIFTING INTO OR OUT OF 4 WHEEL DRIVE MODE. *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 EXCURSION2000
FORD SUPER DUTY F SERIES1999 to 2000

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
041852005-04-08. Service bulletin. FRONT HUBS NOT ENGAGING, NOT STAYING ENGAGED AND/OR UNLOCKING. *TT
041162004-07-24. Service bulletin. FRONT HUBS NOT ENGAGING, NOT STAYING ENGAGED AND/OR UNLOCKING. *TT
169252003-09-09. Service bulletin. NO ENGAGEMENT OR DISENGAGEMENT OF HUB LOCKS AFTER REPLACEMENT OR SERVICE. TO INCLUDE 2000-2003 EXCURSIONS. *TT
147432001-06-01. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON REAR AXLE PINION SEAL PART USAGE. *TT
143502001-04-18. Service bulletin. VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE FRONT SHAFT SEAL LEAKAGE. *JB
146062001-04-02. Service bulletin. FRONT LOCKING HUBS. *JB
00862000-07-21. Service bulletin. THE 4X4 SYSTEM, PARTICULARLY THE FRONT LOCKING HUBS. *MR
136542000-06-12. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SLOW RELEASE OF THE HUBS, AT TIMES, WHICH MAY BE REGARDED AS NOT NORMAL BY THE OPERATOR. *MJS
82072000-06-08. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 10.50-INCH RING GEAR, FULL-FLOATING REAR AXLES MAY EXHIBIT A LEAK AT THE OUTBOARD END OF THE AXLE SHAFT(S). *TT
81202000-06-07. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRONIC SHIFT ON THE FLY TRANSFER CASE MAY EXHIBIT ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: FRONT HUBS WILL NOT UNLOCK / LOCK WITH MODE SWITCH, NOISE FROM THE FRONT AXLE WHILE DRIVING IN 2 WHEEL DRIVE MODE, AIR CONDITIONING SWITCHING TO DEFROST WHEN SHIFTING INTO OR OUT OF 4 WHEEL DRIVE MODE. *TT