Ford Explorer 2002 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 01102 · NHTSA communication 620160 · issued May 28, 2001
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2002
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
A fluid leak at the transmission cooler line-to-transmission case connection. This may be caused by contamination on the cooler tube between the tube nut and flare, contamination on the tube nut threads or improper installation torque. Vehicles built 11/13/2000 through 4/2/2001 equipped with the 5r55w transmission . *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.