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Ford Explorer 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 8035 · NHTSA communication 612227 · issued Feb 1, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2000
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Transmission fluid leak at the radiator cooler line fitting. *tt

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.