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Mercury Mountaineer 2002technical service bulletin

Bulletin 0213 · NHTSA communication 629999 · issued Jan 21, 2002

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

Official summary

Some all wheel drive equipped vehicles may exhibit a growl noise at speeds of 65-112 km/h (40-70 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.