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Mercury Mountaineer 2002technical service bulletin

Bulletin 15495 · NHTSA communication 630604 · issued Dec 1, 2001

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

Official summary

Some all wheel drive vehicles may exhibit a growl noise at speeds of approximately 45 mph and above. *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.