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Ford Escape 2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 14411 · NHTSA communication 620440 · issued Jan 1, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2001
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may exhibit an audible clicking or grinding type noise in driveline, not transmission related, when driving at low speeds. *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.