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Ford Explorer 2015–2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin 20N07 · NHTSA communication 10181988 · issued Oct 9, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2015–2019
model years
9
vehicle entries

Official summary

In some of the affected vehicles, customers may experience adverse NVH, vibration and/or rough idle in Drive or Reverse, low performance / lack of acceleration during launch, sluggish vehicle operation and shudder while driving.

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.