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Service bulletin 16706

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10001948
Published by NHTSA2003-07-28
Manufacturer's number16706
Manufacturer's date2003-03-01
NHTSA componentVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

NHTSA's summary

SQUEAKING ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHILE DRIVING DURING COLD, HOT, DUSTY, AND DRY CONDITIONS. *TT *JB

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Throttle and cruise control

Vehicles listed
FORD EXPLORER2002, 2003
MERCURY MOUNTAINEER2002, 2003

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
09V3990002009-10-13. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
07V3360002007-08-03. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
182542004-12-08. Service bulletin. SPEED CONTROL INOPERATIVE OR NOT HOLDING THE SET SPEED. OASIS. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING 2005 EXPLORER, SPORT TRAC, MOUNTAINEER AND AVIATOR. *TT
154232002-04-17. Service bulletin. EXHIBITING ROUGH IDLE, OR ROUGH IDLE UPON INITIAL START-UP THAT CLEARS UP AFTER A FEW MINUTES. *TT
150412001-10-23. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4.0L ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A ROUGH IDLE CONDITION. *TT
151052001-09-07. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 4.0L ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT HESITATION ON ACCELERATION. *TT
151042001-09-07. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A ROUGH IDLE OR ROUGH IDLE AFTER INITIAL START-UP THAT CLEARS UP AFTER A FEW MINUTES. *TT
151032001-09-07. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A ROUGH IDLE OR ROUGHT IDLE AFTER INITIAL START-UP THAT CLEARS UP AFTER A FEW MINUTES. *TT
150542001-09-06. Service bulletin. VEHICLES WITH 4.0L ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT HESITATION ON ACCELERATION. *TT