{"nhtsa_id":618644,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-04-18","date":"2000-09-01","document_id":"14381","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"A HALFSHAFT BEARING NOISE (WHINE / MOAN, WHISTLING, HUMMING, DRUMMING OR RATTLING) FROM THE DRIVETRAIN WHICH APPEARS TO BE EMANATING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. *JB","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/618644","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"axle","name":"Axle","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"FOCUS","year_from":2000,"year_to":2003,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_ford_focus","2001_ford_focus","2002_ford_focus","2003_ford_focus"]}],"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":[]}