# 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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 613895
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-09\-20
- Manufacturer's number: 14198
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-06\-01
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE: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

- 1999 to 2001 FORD EXPLORER
- 1999 to 2001 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [03V094000](/recalls/nhtsa/03V094000.md), 2003-03-07: STRUCTURE
- [2001002](/recalls/tc/2001002.md), 2001-01-12: Structure
- [00V394000](/recalls/nhtsa/00V394000.md), 2000-11-28: STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
- [1999133](/recalls/tc/1999133.md), 1999-06-30: Structure

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [04251](/bulletins/10014165.md), 2005-04-29, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. ALUMINUM CORROSION \- SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [02171](/bulletins/10008575.md), 2004-08-05, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. PAINT\-PREMATURE CLEARCOAT CRACKING\-SERVICE TIPS. \*MJ
- [17647](/bulletins/10007416.md), 2004-06-22, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. PAINT PEELING AND/OR BUBBLING ON THE CENTER FINISH PANEL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. \*TT
- [17253](/bulletins/10004907.md), 2004-01-15, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS. WATER LEAK NEAR THE ROOF OPENING PANEL. 2004 EXPLORER SPORT TRAC INCLUDED. \*TT
- [15765](/bulletins/637452.md), 2002-11-26, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. 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
- [15070](/bulletins/621075.md), 2001-09-06, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. A CONDITION MAY EXIST WITH FLAKING OR PEELING OF THE INTERIOR DOOR PULL HANDLE PAINT ON VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE JULY 24, 2000. \*TT
- [00143](/bulletins/618530.md), 2001-04-16, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. SUBJECT REGARDING VIBRATION, SHAKE, RESONANCE NOISE AT SPEEDS ABOVE 72 KM/H \(45MPH\). \*JB
- [12289](/bulletins/615536.md), 2001-01-18, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A WATER LEAK CONCERN FROM THE MOONROOF. \*TT
- [5373](/bulletins/615448.md), 2001-01-16, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A WATER LEAK CONCERN FROM THE MOONROOF. \*TT
- [99\-8\-15](/bulletins/606419.md), 2001-01-05, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. SUBJECT REGARDING DOOR TRIM PANEL REPLACEMENT \- SERVICE TIP. \*TT

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