{"nhtsa_id":620159,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-07-19","date":"2001-05-14","document_id":"0196","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME 4X4 SUPER CAB VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A LOW FREQUENCY THUMP TYPE NOISE / VIBRATION ON LIGHT ACCELERATION FROM A STOP, AND / OR WHEN COMING TO A STOP WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE BRAKING. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/620159","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"driveshaft","name":"Driveshaft","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"RANGER","year_from":1998,"year_to":2002,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1998_ford_ranger","1999_ford_ranger","2000_ford_ranger","2001_ford_ranger","2002_ford_ranger"]}],"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":[]}