{"nhtsa_id":618542,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-04-16","date":"2000-10-02","document_id":"00204","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"ON SOME VEHICLES, THE EXHAUST PIPE CONTACTS THE REAR CONTROL ARM RESULTING IN BUZZING, GROANING AND / OR RATTLING NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. *JB","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/618542","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-pipe","name":"Exhaust manifold, pipes and muffler","parent":"exhaust-emissions"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"TAURUS","year_from":2000,"year_to":2001,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_ford_taurus","2001_ford_taurus"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"SABLE","year_from":2000,"year_to":2001,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_mercury_sable","2001_mercury_sable"]}],"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":[]}