Ford Explorer 1998–2000 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 13442 · NHTSA communication 610880 · issued Nov 1, 1999
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1998–2000
model years
6
vehicle entries
Official summary
Vehicles equipped with 4.0l ohv engine and manual transmission may exhibit a squawk noise from the clutch on take off. *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.