# Service bulletin 15251

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: 625796
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-12\-03
- Manufacturer's number: 15251
- Manufacturer's date: 2001\-09\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT

## NHTSA's summary

SOME 4X4 VEHICLES WITH FEWER THAN 10,000 MILES MAY EXHIBIT GREASE OOZING FROM THE FRONT DRIVESHAFT CV JOINT. \*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, Driveshaft

## Vehicles listed

- 2001 to 2002 FORD EXPLORER
- 2001 FORD EXPLORER SPORT
- 2001 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC
- 2001 FORD RANGER
- 2001 to 2002 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [04237](/bulletins/10013414.md), 2005-04-18, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT. DRIVESHAFT THUMP CLUNK ON LIGHT ACCELERATION FROM STOP OR WHEN BRAKING AND COMING TO A STOP. \*EH
- [02192](/bulletins/10008587.md), 2004-08-09, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT. DRIVESHAFT\-THUMP/CLUNK HEARD ON LIGHT ACCELERATION FROM A STOP OR WHEN BRAKING AND COMING TO A STOP.
- [03048](/bulletins/10008280.md), 2004-07-26, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT. THUMP/CLUNK ON LIGHT ACCELERATION FROM STOP OR WHEN BRAKING AND COMING TO A STOP ON CERTAIN 4X4 SUPER CAB EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND STEEL DRIVESHAFT. \*TT
- [030302](/bulletins/10002516.md), 2003-09-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT. DRIVESHAFT \- THUMP/CLUNK HEARD ON LIGHT ACCELERATION FROM A STOP OR WHEN BRAKING AND COMING TO A STOP. \*TT
- [011111](/bulletins/622656.md), 2001-10-22, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT. SOME 4X4 SUPER CAB VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A LOW FREQUENCY DRIVESHAFT THUMP TYPE NOISE / VIBRATION ON LIGHT ACCELERATION FROM A STOP, AND / OR WHEN COMING TO A STOP WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE BRAKING. \*TT
- [15080](/bulletins/621084.md), 2001-09-06, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT. SOME VEHICLES WITH FEWER THAN 10,000 MILES MAY EXHIBIT GREASE OOZING FROM THE FRONT DRIVESHAFT CV JOINT. \*TT
- [0196](/bulletins/620159.md), 2001-07-19, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT. SOME 4X4 SUPER CAB VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A LOW FREQUENCY THUMP TYPE NOISE / VIBRATION ON LIGHT ACCELERATION FROM A STOP, AND / OR WHEN COMING TO A STOP WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE BRAKING. \*TT

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