Ford Explorer 1998–2000 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 0036 · NHTSA communication 612387 · issued Feb 7, 2000
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1998–2000
model years
6
vehicle entries
Official summary
Vehicles may experience buzzing and or grinding noise during 2-3 shift- vehicles equipped with m50d transmission and built before 11/1/99. *mjs
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.