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Ford Explorer 2002technical service bulletin

Bulletin 15104 · NHTSA communication 621118 · issued Jul 1, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Vehicle Speed Control
component
2002
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may exhibit a rough idle or rough idle after initial start-up that clears up after a few minutes. *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.