# Service bulletin 16253

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: 10008608
- Published by NHTSA: 2004\-08\-09
- Manufacturer's number: 16253
- Manufacturer's date: 2002\-09\-01
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS

## NHTSA's summary

EQUIPPED WITH A HARD TONNEAU COVER. \* MJ

## 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

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

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

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2001002](/recalls/tc/2001002.md), 2001-01-12: Structure
- [00V394000](/recalls/nhtsa/00V394000.md), 2000-11-28: STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TSB 20\-2233](/bulletins/10177863.md), 2020-08-06, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. This article supersedes TSB 19\-2026 to update the vehicle model years affected. Some 2000 and newer Ford/Lincoln/Mercury vehicles equipped with aluminum body panels may exhibit corrosion concerns appearing as bubbled and/or peeling paint with or without accompanying white dust. Panel replacement is recommended.
- [TSB 19\-2026](/bulletins/10156863.md), 2019-04-08, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE. Some 2000 and newer Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles equipped with aluminum body panels may exhibit corrosion concerns appearing as bubbled and/or peeling paint with or without accompanying white dust. Panel replacement is recommended. Follow the Service Procedure steps to correct the condition
- [TSB 19\-2026](/bulletins/10155551.md), 2019-04-01, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. Some 2000 and newer Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles equipped with aluminum body panels may exhibit corrosion concerns appearing as bubbled and/or peeling paint with or without accompanying white dust. Panel replacement is recommended. Follow the Service Procedure steps to correct the condition
- [04251](/bulletins/10014165.md), 2005-04-29, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. ALUMINUM CORROSION \- SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [02171](/bulletins/10008575.md), 2004-08-05, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. PAINT\-PREMATURE CLEARCOAT CRACKING\-SERVICE TIPS. \*MJ
- [16424](/bulletins/10008351.md), 2004-07-28, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. NEW TONNEAU COVER LOCK CYLINDER RETAINER CLIPS RELEASED FOR SERVICE. \*MJ
- [02232](/bulletins/10008311.md), 2004-07-27, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS. FRAME MOUNTED FRONT BUMPER BRACKETS SERVICE KIT. \*TT
- [03235](/bulletins/10008154.md), 2004-07-23, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. BED EXTENDER COMPONENT REPLACEMENT SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [03231](/bulletins/10008153.md), 2004-07-23, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS. INOPERABLE LATCHES, LOCKS AND/OR LIFT STRUTS ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A HARD TONNEAU COVER. \*TT
- [17647](/bulletins/10007416.md), 2004-06-22, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. PAINT PEELING AND/OR BUBBLING ON THE CENTER FINISH PANEL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. \*TT

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