{"nhtsa_id":6092139,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-11-27","date":"1999-10-01","document_id":"13315","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 5.0L ENGINES AND 3.73:1 RATIO / 8.8 INCH RING GEAR REAR AXLES MAY EXHIBIT A WHINE NOISE DURING VARIOUS DRIVE MODES AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 45 TO 65 MPH. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/6092139","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"axle","name":"Axle","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":1999,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1999_ford_explorer","2000_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"MOUNTAINEER","year_from":1999,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1999_mercury_mountaineer","2000_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":[]}