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Service bulletin 14840

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 id619326
Published by NHTSA2001-05-23
Manufacturer's number14840
Manufacturer's date2001-04-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING

NHTSA's summary

A SLIGHT PURGE OF GREASE FROM THE FRONT HUB BEARING UNIT THAT MAY BE NOTED BETWEEN THE HUB UNIT AND THE INBOARD ROTOR FLANGE. *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

Suspension, Wheel bearing

Vehicles listed
FORD EXCURSION1999
FORD EXCURSION2000, 2001
FORD F-450 SD1999, 2000, 2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-550 SD1999, 2000, 2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD SUPER DUTY F SERIES1999 to 2001

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
169242003-09-09. Service bulletin. SLIGHT PURGE OF GREASE FROM THE HUB BEARING UNIT. THIS GREASE MAY BE NOTED BETWEEN THE HUB UNIT AND THE INBOARD ROTOR FLANGE AND ON THE INBOARD SIDE OF THE BEARING. 1999-2003 MODELS. *TT
53612001-01-16. Service bulletin. SOME DUAL REAR WHEEL EQUIPPED TRUCKS MAY EXHIBIT A CONCERN WITH A FRONT OR REAR CENTER HUB CAP FALLING OFF WHILE DRIVING. *TT
78592000-06-07. Service bulletin. VEHICLE EQUIPED WITH EITHER MANUAL OR ELECTRONIC SHIFT 4X4 SYSTEM MAY EXHIBIT A VIBRATION OR A RATCHETING NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. ANOTHER SYMPTOM MAY BE DESCRIBED AS FRONT HUBLOCKS NOT RELEASING.
992122000-02-11. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT THE FRONT OR REAR CENTER HUB CAP FALLING OFF WHILE DRIVING. *TT