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Ford Explorer 2002technical service bulletin

Bulletin 01115 · NHTSA communication 622644 · issued Jun 11, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2002
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Fluid leak in the converter housing area on vehicles built 11/13/2000 through 4/27/2001. *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.