{"nhtsa_id":53668,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1998-03-30","date":"1997-11-10","document_id":"971110972312","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"CONCERNS WITH \"PINGING\" OR \"CREAKING\" BEING HEARD FROM THE DRIVELINE WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE OR REVERSE, BETWEEN DRIVE AND REVERSE, OR WHEN ENGAGING THE CLUTCH. *YC","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/53668","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":1991,"year_to":1997,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1991_ford_explorer","1992_ford_explorer","1993_ford_explorer","1994_ford_explorer","1995_ford_explorer","1996_ford_explorer","1997_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"RANGER","year_from":1990,"year_to":1997,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1990_ford_ranger","1991_ford_ranger","1992_ford_ranger","1993_ford_ranger","1994_ford_ranger","1995_ford_ranger","1996_ford_ranger","1997_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":[]}