{"nhtsa_id":616514,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-03-01","date":"2000-11-13","document_id":"00233","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A GEAR WHINE NOISE FROM THE FRONT UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 40 KM/H (25 MPH) AND 113 KM/H (70 MPH). *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/616514","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"axle","name":"Axle","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MERCURY","model":"VILLAGER","year_from":1999,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1999_mercury_villager","2000_mercury_villager"]}],"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":[]}