{"nhtsa_id":630022,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2002-04-11","date":"2002-01-01","document_id":"15040","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES INCLUDING 1997 THROUGH 1999 EXPLORER SPORT TRAC EQUIPPED WITH A 4.0L SOHC ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A START-UP NOISE FROM THE LEFT FRONT OF THE ENGINE. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/630022","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":1997,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1997_ford_explorer","1998_ford_explorer","1999_ford_explorer","2000_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER SPORT","year_from":1997,"year_to":2000,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["1997_ford_explorer","1998_ford_explorer","1999_ford_explorer","2000_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER SPORT TRAC","year_from":1997,"year_to":2000,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["1997_ford_explorer","1998_ford_explorer","1999_ford_explorer","2000_ford_explorer"]}],"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":[]}