{"nhtsa_id":51553,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1997-06-27","date":"1997-01-23","document_id":"BC1019497230","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT REVERSE OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS WHEN SWITCHING THE AIR SUSPENSION SWITCH FROM NORMAL TO OFF ROAD. *JD","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/51553","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null},{"id":"air-suspension","name":"Air suspension","parent":"suspension"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":1996,"year_to":1997,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_ford_explorer","1997_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"MOUNTAINEER","year_from":1997,"year_to":1997,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1997_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":[]}