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Ford Explorer 1996technical service bulletin

Bulletin 9676 · NHTSA communication 613328 · issued Mar 25, 1996

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown / Other
component
1996
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

A condition may exist where the malfunction indicator lamp (mil) may illuminate and code 0446 may be stored in memory. *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.