Ford Explorer 1997 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 97116 · NHTSA communication 51373 · issued Jan 2, 1997
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1997
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Transfer case- water ingestion through vent tube. *jd
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.