{"nhtsa_id":51558,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1997-06-27","date":"1997-01-23","document_id":"BC1019897230","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"PERFORMING TSB 96-24-16, THE EXISTING TRANSFER CASE VIBRATION DAMPER SHOULD NOT BE ADAPTED AND REINSTALLED TO THE SERVICE REPLACEMENT TRANSFER CASE.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/51558","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"}],"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":[]}