Ford Explorer 2002 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 011002 · NHTSA communication 620251 · issued May 1, 2001
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2002
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 4-door vehicles built 11/13/2000 through 4/2/2001 equipped with the 5r55w transmission may exhibit a fluid leak at the transmission cooler line-to-transmission case connection. This may be caused by comtamination on the cooler tube between the tube nut and flare, contamination on the tube nut threads or improper installation torque. *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.