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Ford Explorer Sport 2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 15696 · NHTSA communication 636333 · issued Mar 1, 2002

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
2001
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some engines may exhibit a hesitation in various drive modes and / or a malfunction indicator lamp illumination with codes set in memory p0171/p0174 and / or p0172/p0175. *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.