# Service bulletin SSM 51988

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: 10244849
- Published by NHTSA: 2023\-11\-03
- Manufacturer's number: SSM 51988
- Manufacturer's date: 2023\-10\-13
- NHTSA component: WHEELS

## NHTSA's summary

Some 2023 Explorer/Aviator vehicles built on 15\-Mar\-2023 and through 01\-Sep\-2023 may exhibit a vehicle vibration felt at 35\-80 mph \(55\-130 km/h\) in the steering wheel and/or seat. This may be due to tire flat spotting caused by vehicles being held at the Chicago Assembly Plant awaiting 360\-degree camera repairs. Tire flat spotting on these vehicles may be a temporary concern that is resolved, with no repairs required, after the customer drives a minimum of 200 miles \(320 km\). Refer to Workshop Manual, Section 204\-4A if diagnosis or repair is required after the vehicle has been driven this minimal distance.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10244849-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10244849-9999.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Wheels

## Vehicles listed

- 2023 FORD EXPLORER
- 2023 LINCOLN AVIATOR

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [23B36](/bulletins/10244690.md), 2023-11-02, Service bulletin: TIRES; WHEELS. Customer Satisfaction Program 23B36 Certain 2023 Model Year Explorer ST Vehicles with the Street Package \- Wheel and Tire Replacement

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