Ford Explorer 1998 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 5189 · NHTSA communication 613320 · issued Nov 1, 1998
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1998
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles may exhibit a hesitation / lack of power on re-acceleration after decelerating from highway speed (45-65 mph) to a slow roll condition (exit ramp / tollbooth). This may be due to the transmission calibration not making the 3-1 downshift. Engineering is investigating. *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.