{"nhtsa_id":612273,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-06-07","date":"2000-01-01","document_id":"7886","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":"7886","component":"POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"THE VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH A3.0L AND AUTOMATIC/MANUAL TRANSMISSION MAY VIBRATE AT HIGH SPEEDS WHICH MAY CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION EXTENSION HOUSING SEALS TO LEAK OR THE TRANSMISSION EXTENSION HOUSING ABUISHING TO SPIN.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/612273","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"driveshaft","name":"Driveshaft","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"RANGER","year_from":1998,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1998_ford_ranger","1999_ford_ranger","2000_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":[]}