Mercury Mountaineer 2002–2003 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 04181 · NHTSA communication 10013107 · issued Jan 1, 2004
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Wheels
component
2002–2003
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Clear coat peel off the wheel or cracks that look like spider webs under the clear coat - 16 inch wheels. *tt
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.