# Service bulletin 17198

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10004069
- Published by NHTSA: 2003\-11\-18
- Manufacturer's number: 17198
- Manufacturer's date: 2003\-09\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS

## NHTSA's summary

WEAR\-THROUGH CONDITION ON THE ABRASION SLEEVE OF THE UPPER RADIATOR HOSE NEAR THE AIR CONDITIONING ACCUMULATOR OR TRANSMISSION FLUID DIPSTICK. \*TT

## 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

Engine, Cooling system

## Vehicles listed

- 2001 to 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT
- 2003 FORD EXPLORER SPORT
- 2001 to 2003 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC
- 2001 to 2003 FORD RANGER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [17604](/bulletins/10007396.md), 2004-06-18, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN. COOLING SYSTEM FAN NOISE WHEN COLD. \*TT
- [17163](/bulletins/10004057.md), 2003-11-17, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN. EXCESSIVE ENGINE COOLING FAN NOISE. \*TT
- [16743](/bulletins/10002647.md), 2003-09-09, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. COOLANT LEAK DUE TO A BROKEN RADIATOR HOSE CLAMP\(S\). \*TT
- [16604](/bulletins/10002489.md), 2003-09-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. ENGINE OVERHEATING DUE TO THERMOSTAT FAILURE. \*TT
- [15880](/bulletins/637744.md), 2002-12-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A DISENGAGED FAN CLUTCH BEARING SQUEAL NOISE IN COLD WEATHER. \*TT
- [15835](/bulletins/637584.md), 2002-12-03, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. RUNNING CHANGE FOR THE UPPER RADIATOR SIGHT SHIELD. \*TT
- [15268](/bulletins/625835.md), 2001-12-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES WITH THE 2.3L ENGINE MAY APPEAR TO HAVE AN OVERHEAT CONDITION ACCOMPANIED WITH A GLYCOL SMELL AND / OR BOIL OVER. \*TT
- [14407](/bulletins/620438.md), 2001-08-07, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES BUILT ON OR AFTER 7/24/2000 MAY EXHIBIT A LACK OF HEAT AND / OR A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ON WITH D%TC P0125, DUE TO THE THERMOSTAT STICKING OPEN. \*TT
- [14617](/bulletins/617995.md), 2001-04-03, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. SUBJECT PERTAINING TO BROKEN THERMOSTAT. \*JB
- [14583](/bulletins/617968.md), 2001-04-02, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. CONCERNS WITH BROKEN THERMOSTATS ON ENGINES. \*JB

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