# Service bulletin 8579

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: 613686
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-08\-07
- Manufacturer's number: 8579
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-04\-01
- NHTSA component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS

## NHTSA's summary

SOME 4X4 VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A REPETITIVE THUMP / KNOCK NOISE FROM THE LEFT FRONT WHICH IS PROPORTIONAL TO WHEEL SPEED WHEN BRAKING. \*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

Brakes

## Vehicles listed

- 2001 FORD EXPLORER SPORT
- 2001 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [16437](/bulletins/10008359.md), 2004-07-28, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE. DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE \(DTC\) C1233 \& C1234 \- REPLACE ANTI\-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM EUC. \*MJ
- [16402](/bulletins/10008333.md), 2004-07-28, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. FRONT BRAKE WEAR \- UNDER INVESTIGATION. \*MJ
- [17231](/bulletins/10004087.md), 2003-11-18, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT. ANTI\-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM \(ABS\) LIGHT FLASHING WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE \(DTC\) B2477 AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE ABS MODULE. \*TT
- [15910](/bulletins/637803.md), 2002-12-06, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. CONCERNS WITH BRAKE VIBRATION, ROUGHNESS AND / OR GRINDING NOISE, AND EXCESSIVE BRAKE ROTOR CORROSION. \*TT
- [15859](/bulletins/637710.md), 2002-12-04, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. SOME VEHICLES WITH 4WABS MAY EXHIBIT DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES C1233 AND C1234 \(ANTI\-LOCK BRAKE SENSOR OUTPUT FAILURE\). \*TT
- [15813](/bulletins/637542.md), 2002-12-02, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4WABS MAY EXHIBIT DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES C1233 AND C1234 \(ANTI\-LOCK BRAKE SENSOR OUTPUT FAILURE\). \*TT
- [16021](/bulletins/636212.md), 2002-11-06, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. SOME VEHICLES WITH 4WABS MAY EXHIBIT DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES C1233 AND C1234 \(ANTI\-LOCK BRAKE SENSOR OUTPUT FAILURES\) IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. \*TT
- [16121](/bulletins/636143.md), 2002-11-05, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT UNEVEN AND / OR PREMATURE FRONT BRAKE PAD WEAR, PARTICULARLY THE FRONT INSIDE PAD. \*TT
- [15249](/bulletins/625794.md), 2001-12-03, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. CONCERNS WITH HIGH BRAKE PEDAL FORCE TO STOP AFTER ROTOR MACHINING. \*TT
- [15022](/bulletins/622841.md), 2001-10-23, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT. CONCERNS THAT THE ANTI\-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM \(ABS\) LAMP IS ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES C1230, C1229, OR C1237. \*TT

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