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Mercury Mountaineer 2002technical service bulletin

Bulletin 15209 · NHTSA communication 625736 · issued Sep 1, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2002
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some all-wheel drive vehicles equipped with 4.0l engine may exhibit a whine noise from the front driveline at speeds between 40 - 80 mph. *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.