{"nhtsa_id":616556,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-03-06","date":"2000-11-01","document_id":"14469","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONSISTENT SQUEALING NOISE FROM THE FRONT BRAKES WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THE NOISE USUALLY OCCURS WITH LIGHT BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE AND GOES AWAY WITH MORE PRESSURE. THIS NOISE MAY ALSO SOUND LIKE IT IS COMING FROM THE REAR BRAKES. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/616556","components":[{"id":"brakes","name":"Brakes","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER SPORT TRAC","year_from":2001,"year_to":2001,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2001_ford_explorer-sport-trac"]}],"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":[]}