Ford Explorer Sport 2001 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 8381 · NHTSA communication 612780 · issued Mar 1, 2000
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Vehicle Speed Control
component
2001
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles equipped with 4.0l sohc may exhibit a higher than normal base idle speed of 1200-1400 rpm when the vehicle is initially received from the assembly plant. *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.