{"nhtsa_id":10095849,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-03-20","date":"2017-02-22","document_id":"SSM 46400","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE:BODY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"2011-2015 EXPLORER AND MKT VEHICLES REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF RIGHT FRONT AXLE SHAFT NO LONGER REQUIRE INSTALLATION OF THE CENTER SUPPORT BEARING HEAT SHIELD(7F469). THE HEAT SHIELD CAN BE DISCARDED.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10095849","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":2011,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_ford_explorer","2012_ford_explorer","2013_ford_explorer","2014_ford_explorer","2015_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"MKT","year_from":2011,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_lincoln_mkt","2012_lincoln_mkt","2013_lincoln_mkt","2014_lincoln_mkt","2015_lincoln_mkt"]}],"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":[]}