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Ford Expedition 2003technical service bulletin

Bulletin 16729 · NHTSA communication 10001959 · issued Mar 1, 2003

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2003
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Transmission fluid leak between the radiator transmission oil cooler and the transmission oil cooler fitting (not the cooler line into the fitting), which may result in a residue of transmission fluid on the radiator tank around the transmission oil cooler fitting. *tt *jb

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.