# Service bulletin 8377

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 612775
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-06\-12
- Manufacturer's number: 8377
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-03\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

## NHTSA's summary

EXPERIENCE A GROWLING NOISE FROM THE FRONT AXLE IN 4X2 OR 4X4 MODE AFTER ENGAGING 4X4 MODE AND THEN DISENGAGING WITHIN 40 SECONDS. \*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

- 1998 to 1999 FORD RANGER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [030508](/bulletins/10017891.md), 2005-12-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. FRONT AXLE LEAKS FLUID FROM VENT TUBE \- VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4X4 OR AWD. \*TT
- [0358](/bulletins/10001922.md), 2003-07-26, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. FLUID MAY LEAK OUT OF THE FRONT AXLE VENT TUBE. \*TT \*JB
- [0242](/bulletins/636056.md), 2002-11-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. CERTAIN VEHICLES WITH 4X4 OR ALL\-WHEEL DRIVE MAY HAVE A FLUID LEAK FROM THE FRONT AXLE VENT TUBE. \*TT
- [14847](/bulletins/619330.md), 2001-05-23, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. CONCERNS WITH VEHICLES EXHBIT FLUID LEAKAGE FROM THE FRONT AXLE VENT TUBE. \*TT
- [0186](/bulletins/619276.md), 2001-05-22, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. ON SOME VEHICLES, INCLUDING SPORT AND SPORT TRAC, THE FRONT AXLE LEAKS FLUID FROM THE VENT TUBE. \*TT
- [00151](/bulletins/618574.md), 2001-04-17, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:BANJO HOUSING. VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE VIBRATION FELT AT HIGH SPEEDS WHICH MAY CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION EXTENSION HOUSING SEAL TO LEAK OR THE TRANSMISSION EXTENSION HOUSING BLUSHING TO MOVE OUT OF POSITION OR BECOME DAMAGED ON SOME VEHICLES. \*JB
- [00242](/bulletins/616530.md), 2001-03-02, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:BANJO HOUSING. ON SOME VEHICLES THERE MAY BE A VIBRATION AT HIGH SPEEDS WHICH MAY CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION EXTENSION HOUSING SEAL TO LEAK OR THE TRANSMISSION EXTENSION HOUSING BUSHING TO MOVE OUT OF POSITION OR BECOME DAMAGED. \*TT
- [12521](/bulletins/6091767.md), 2000-11-14, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. VEHICLES WITH LIMITED SLIP / TRACTION\-LOK REAR AXLES MAY EXHIBIT A CHATTER NOISE WHILE TURNING. \*TT
- [6032](/bulletins/6091736.md), 2000-11-14, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. 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
- [12843](/bulletins/606905.md), 2000-11-08, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME 4X4 VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HIGH PITCHED SQUEAL OR WHISTLE TYPE NOISE FROM THE FRONT END AT SPEEDS FROM 10 MPH TO 40 MPH. \*TT

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