{"nhtsa_id":46428,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1996-04-25","date":"1995-12-01","document_id":"BC0101960102","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"RANGERS W/ 3.0L, THE ACCESSORY DRIVE BELT MAY EMIT A CHIPPING NOISE DUE TO A SLIGHT PULLEY MISALIGNMENT. INSPECT & SERVICE NORMALLY IF MISALIGNMENT IS SEVERE OR IF BELT DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED. A REVISED BELT WILL BE RELEASED IN A TSB THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1996.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/46428","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"drive-belt","name":"Drive belts","parent":"engine"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"RANGER","year_from":1996,"year_to":1996,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_ford_ranger"]}],"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":[]}