Service bulletin 0186
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 | 619276 |
| Published by NHTSA | 2001-05-22 |
| Manufacturer's number | 0186 |
| Manufacturer's date | 2001-04-30 |
| NHTSA component | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY |
NHTSA's summary
ON SOME VEHICLES, INCLUDING SPORT AND SPORT TRAC, THE FRONT AXLE LEAKS FLUID FROM THE VENT TUBE. *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
| FORD EXPLORER | 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 |
|---|---|
| FORD EXPLORER SPORT | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it) |
| FORD EXPLORER SPORT | 2003 |
| FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it) |
| FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC | 2001, 2002, 2003 |
| FORD RANGER | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 |
| MERCURY MOUNTAINEER | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 |
Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.
| TSB-08-19-3 | 2009-05-21. Service bulletin. FORD: SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT OIL SEPARATION FROM THE INTERNAL LUBE FOUND IN THE UNITIZED CARTRIDGE SEAL. OIL SEPARATION APPEARS TO BE AND IS OFTEN MISDIAGNOSED, AS AN AXLE LUBE LEAK. *PE |
|---|---|
| 05618 | 2005-12-07. Service bulletin. REAR AXLE NOISE REPAIR. *TT |
| 030508 | 2005-12-07. Service bulletin. FRONT AXLE LEAKS FLUID FROM VENT TUBE - VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4X4 OR AWD. *TT |
| 18478 | 2005-05-05. Service bulletin. AXLE SEAL LEAKS. *EH |
| 18466 | 2005-05-05. Service bulletin. AXLE WHINE HOWL. THIS INCLUDES 1997-05 FORD VEHICLES. *EH |
| 06216 | 2005-04-28. Service bulletin. LIMITED SLIP AXLE CHATTER, SHUDDER, BINDING SENSATION, OR VIBRATION DURING LOW SPEED TURNING MANEUVERS. *TT |
| 041715 | 2005-04-08. Service bulletin. FRONT AXLE TUBE LEAK. *EH |
| 18423 | 2005-04-05. Service bulletin. AXLE WHINE HOWL SERVICE WITH INDIVIDUAL PARTS INSTEAD OF AN AXLE ASSEMBLY. *EH |
| 18221 | 2004-12-07. Service bulletin. REAR AXLE NOISE. OASIS. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING 2005 EXPLORER, MOUNTAINEER AND AVIATOR. *TT |
| 17905 | 2004-09-23. Service bulletin. MULTIPLE VEHICLES USING FEHP REAR AXLE FLUID. FLUID USAGE CHANGE. *TT |