{"nhtsa_id":620263,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-07-23","date":"2001-05-01","document_id":"011104","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME 4X4 VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HIGH-PITCHED SQUEAL OR WHISTLE TYPE NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AT SPEEDS FROM 16 TO 64 KM/H (10 TO 40 MPH). THIS NOISE MAY BE CAUSED BY THE FRONT HALFSHAFT EXCLUDER (DUST) SEALS (-3K070-) AS THEY ROTATE AGAINST THE INNER FRONT HUBS. THIS NOISE MAY BE MORE PRONOUNCED IN COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/620263","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"axle","name":"Axle","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"FORD","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"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":[]}