Ford Explorer 2016–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 17-2223 · NHTSA communication 10127397 · issued Nov 9, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seats
component
2016–2017
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2016-2017 Explorer vehicles equipped with a manual front passenger seat may exhibit a stuck condition in the full forward position. This may be caused by the seat being moved firmly from the rearward position to the forward position causing the seat track travel restrictor to bend allowing the adjuster bar to become trapped under the travel restrictor. Follow the Service Procedure to correct the condition.
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.