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Ford Explorer Sport Trac 2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 14205 · NHTSA communication 613902 · issued Jun 1, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2001
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Concerns with vehicles equipped with automatic transmission exhibiting a vibration at highway speeds, which may cause the transmission extension housing seals to leak or the transmission extension housing bushing to spin. *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.