# Service bulletin 14056

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: 613704
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-07\-27
- Manufacturer's number: 14056
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-04\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN OIL LEAK FROM THE FRONT AXLE PINION OIL SEAL AREA. \*\*MR

## 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

- 1997 to 2001 FORD EXPLORER
- 1997 to 2001 FORD RANGER
- 1997 to 2001 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER

## 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
- [01114](/bulletins/622642.md), 2001-10-22, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME 4X4 VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HIGH\-PITCHED SQUEAL OR WHISTLE TYPE NOISE FROM THE FRONT AXLE AREA OF THE VEHICLE AT SPEEDS FROM 16 TO 64 KM/H \(10 TO 40 MPH\). \*TT
- [15096](/bulletins/621105.md), 2001-09-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME 4X2 VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A REAR AXLE WHINE. \*TT
- [15037](/bulletins/621034.md), 2001-09-06, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:BANJO HOUSING. SOME 4X2 SUPER CABS EQUIPPED WITH 3.0L ENGINE AND MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MAY EXHIBIT A TRANSMISSION BUSHING SPIN\-OUT AND / OR EXTENSION HOUSING LEAK FROM THE REAR SEAL. \*TT
- [13752](/bulletins/620270.md), 2001-07-23, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL. SOME 4X4 VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN OIL LEAK FROM THE FRONT AXLE PINION SEAL. \*TT
- [01B75](/bulletins/620172.md), 2001-07-19, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. ON SOME U.S. POSTAL SERVICE 4X4 VEHICLES, AN INCORRECT BOLT AND WASHER MAY HAVE BEEN INADVERTENTLY INSTALLED IN THE FRONT AXLE. IF THE CORRECT BOLT AND WASHER WERE INSTALLED, IT MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR IT TO BECOME LOOSE AND FALL OUT, CAUSING LOUD NOISES AND VIBRATION UNDER THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. \*TT
- [01B75](/bulletins/619653.md), 2001-06-23, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. FIELD ACTION FOR CERTAIN USPS VEHICLES BUILT WITH INCORRECT FRONT AXLE TO FRAME HORIZONTAL BOLTS. \*TT
- [01411](/bulletins/619427.md), 2001-05-30, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. HIGH\-PITCHED FRONT AXLE SQUEAL OR WHISTLE TYPE NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AT SPEEDS FROM 16 TO 64 KM/H \(10 TO 40 MPH\). \*TT

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