Ford Explorer 1999–2000 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 996868 · NHTSA communication 608800 · issued Dec 6, 1999
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
1999–2000
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
Information on vehicles exhibiting a "no 2-step unlock" or a false diagnostic trouble code b1834 (door unlock disarm output - cir) stored in memory. *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.