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Ford Explorer 2002technical service bulletin

Bulletin 01126 · NHTSA communication 622673 · issued Jun 25, 2001

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

Official summary

Some vehicles equipped with the manual a/c system may exhibit a continuous clicking noise from the blend door actuator whenthe blower speed is set at the #2 position and the temperature control knob is set between the 12:00 and 2:00 position. *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.