{"nhtsa_id":10002609,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2003-09-08","date":"2003-06-01","document_id":"16898","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"A WHINE NOISE ON TIP-IN AT SPEEDS OF 45 TO 65 MPH. THIS MAY BE DUE TO DRIVELINE STACK-UP TOLERANCE WITH THE DRIVESHAFT AND REAR AXLE. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10002609","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":2002,"year_to":2003,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2002_ford_explorer","2003_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"MOUNTAINEER","year_from":2002,"year_to":2003,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2002_mercury_mountaineer","2003_mercury_mountaineer"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}