{"nhtsa_id":612960,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-06-14","date":"2000-03-01","document_id":"13986","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3.0L-2V (VULCAN) ENGINE, BUILT BEFORE 12/17/99 WITH AX4S TRANSAXLE AND 1/15/00 WITH AX4N TRANSAXLE MAY EXHIBIT A GROWL OR SCRAPING SOUND DURING ACCELRATION FROM A STOP. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/612960","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"axle","name":"Axle","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"TAURUS","year_from":2000,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_ford_taurus"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"SABLE","year_from":2000,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_mercury_sable"]}],"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":[]}