{"nhtsa_id":612967,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-06-14","date":"2000-03-01","document_id":"14011","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME 2000 AND 2001 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN OIL LEAK FROM THE INSIDE DIAMETER OF THE REAR AXLE PINION OIL SEAL. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/612967","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"axle","name":"Axle","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":2000,"year_to":2001,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_ford_explorer","2001_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"MOUNTAINEER","year_from":2000,"year_to":2001,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_mercury_mountaineer","2001_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":[]}