{"nhtsa_id":612698,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-06-12","date":"2000-01-01","document_id":"13709","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4.0L SOHC ENGINE AND BUILT PRIOR TO 11/23/99 MAY EXHIBIT A HESITATION ON ACCELERATION DURING ENGINE WARM-UP. *MJS","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/612698","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":1999,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1999_ford_explorer","2000_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"MOUNTAINEER","year_from":1999,"year_to":2000,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"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":[]}