{"nhtsa_id":10007006,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2004-05-22","date":"2004-05-01","document_id":"04B15","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"REAR AXLE DATE CODE INSPECTION AND SERVICE. VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH AN IMPROPER MIX OF REAR AXLE LUBRICANT AND FRICTION MODIFIER ADDITIVE. IF SO, THE CUSTOMER MAY EXPERIENCE NOISE AND VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING. *TT *MJ","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10007006","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"axle","name":"Axle","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":2002,"year_to":2004,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2002_ford_explorer","2003_ford_explorer","2004_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"AVIATOR","year_from":2003,"year_to":2004,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2003_lincoln_aviator","2004_lincoln_aviator"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"MOUNTAINEER","year_from":2002,"year_to":2004,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2002_mercury_mountaineer","2003_mercury_mountaineer","2004_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":[]}