{"nhtsa_id":617969,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-04-02","date":"2001-01-01","document_id":"14586","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME 4.0L VEHICLES WITH A4WD BUILT PRIOR TO 9/13/99 MAY EXHIBIT A VIBRATION / PULSATION AT 0-45 MPH ON DRY PAVEMENT UNDER LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCELERATION IN 4 AUTO MODE WHICH MAY CHARACTERISTIC WITH THE CONTROL TRAC 4X4 SYSTEM. *JB","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/617969","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":1998,"year_to":2001,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1998_ford_explorer","1999_ford_explorer","2000_ford_explorer","2001_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"MOUNTAINEER","year_from":1998,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1998_mercury_mountaineer","1999_mercury_mountaineer","2000_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":[]}