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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 id612659
Published by NHTSA2000-06-12
Manufacturer's number8048
Manufacturer's date2000-03-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:REAR

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

Suspension

Vehicles listed
FORD E-4501996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

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

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175202004-06-14. Service bulletin. CLUNK FROM FRONT SUSPENSION. *TT
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155912002-04-15. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES WITHOUT FRONT BRAKE DUST SHIELDS MAY EXHIBIT PREMATURE WEAR OF THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS. *TT
137632000-06-12. Service bulletin. VEHICLES WITHOUT FRONT DUST SHIELDS MAY EXHIBIT PREMATURE WEAR OF THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS DUE TO DAMAGED INNER WHEEL BEARING SEALS. *MJS
137482000-06-12. Service bulletin. INFORMATION REGARDING DESIGN OF THE NEW STYLE REAR LEAF SPRING, VEHICLES BUILT ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER 29, 1999. *MJS
79142000-06-08. Service bulletin. NEW DESIGN REAR SPRING. THE NEW STYLE SPRING CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY THE NUMBER OF LEAFS.
78952000-06-07. Service bulletin. WITHOUT FRONT BRAKE DUST SHIELDS MAY EXHIBIT PREMATURE WEAR OF THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS DUE TO DAMAGED INNER WHEEL BEARING SEALS.