Ford Explorer 1998–2001 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 0285 · NHTSA communication 637928 · issued Apr 29, 2002
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
1998–2001
model years
8
vehicle entries
Official summary
On some vehicles, the electronic automatic temperature control (eatc) blows cold air from the floor ducts on vehicles produced before 9/30/2000 only. *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.