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Service bulletin 14198

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 id613895
Published by NHTSA2000-09-20
Manufacturer's number14198
Manufacturer's date2000-06-01
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SQUEAK NOISE FROM THE FRONT LOWER DOOR HINGE(S) WHEN OPENING OR CLOSING THE DOORS. *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

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
FORD EXPLORER1999, 2000, 2001
MERCURY MOUNTAINEER1999, 2000, 2001

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
03V0940002003-03-07. STRUCTURE
20010022001-01-12. Structure
00V3940002000-11-28. STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
19991331999-06-30. Structure

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
042512005-04-29. Service bulletin. ALUMINUM CORROSION - SERVICE TIP. *TT
021712004-08-05. Service bulletin. PAINT-PREMATURE CLEARCOAT CRACKING-SERVICE TIPS. *MJ
176472004-06-22. Service bulletin. PAINT PEELING AND/OR BUBBLING ON THE CENTER FINISH PANEL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. *TT
172532004-01-15. Service bulletin. WATER LEAK NEAR THE ROOF OPENING PANEL. 2004 EXPLORER SPORT TRAC INCLUDED. *TT
157652002-11-26. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT WIND NOISE AROUND THE FRONT DOORS, NEAR THE TOP REAR-WARD PORTION OF THE DOOR / GLASS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, OR IN A CROSS WIND. *TT
150702001-09-06. Service bulletin. A CONDITION MAY EXIST WITH FLAKING OR PEELING OF THE INTERIOR DOOR PULL HANDLE PAINT ON VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE JULY 24, 2000. *TT
001432001-04-16. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING VIBRATION, SHAKE, RESONANCE NOISE AT SPEEDS ABOVE 72 KM/H (45MPH). *JB
122892001-01-18. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A WATER LEAK CONCERN FROM THE MOONROOF. *TT
53732001-01-16. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A WATER LEAK CONCERN FROM THE MOONROOF. *TT
99-8-152001-01-05. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING DOOR TRIM PANEL REPLACEMENT - SERVICE TIP. *TT