Ford Explorer 2002 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 01142 · NHTSA communication 620993 · issued Jul 23, 2001
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2002
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles, built prior to 8/01/2001, may exhibit a whine or howl noise during cold starts at temperatures below 4 degrees c (40 degrees f). *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.