{"nhtsa_id":616820,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-03-13","date":"2000-12-11","document_id":"00253","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME MEDIUM DUTY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 7.3L POWERSTROKE DIESEL ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A CACKLING NOISE ABOVE THE NORMAL SOUND OF THE DIESEL COMBUSTION. THIS NOISE MAY SHOULD LIKE A ROD KNOCK, BUT IS INTERMITTENT AND INCREASES IN INTENSITY AS THE ENGINE WARMS UP TO OPERATING TEMPERATURE. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/616820","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"F-650","year_from":2000,"year_to":2001,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_ford_f-650","2001_ford_f-650"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F750 (MEDIUM)","year_from":2000,"year_to":2001,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2000_ford_f-750","2001_ford_f-750"]}],"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":[]}