{"nhtsa_id":612455,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-06-08","date":"2000-02-01","document_id":"13857","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 5.0L ENGINES AND ALL WHEEL DRIVE (AWD) TRANSFER CASE MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION OF 4X4 INDICATORS FLASHING AND MULTIPLE GEM DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/612455","components":[],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":1997,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1997_ford_explorer","1998_ford_explorer","1999_ford_explorer","2000_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"MOUNTAINEER","year_from":1997,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1997_mercury_mountaineer","1998_mercury_mountaineer","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":[]}