Ford E-450 1996–1999 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 5816 · NHTSA communication 605227 · issued Mar 1, 1999
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1996–1999
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
For vehicles with model 80 rear axles, exhibiting a whine noise concern, a service kit with a dampened driveshaft is availble. *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.