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Service bulletin 97116

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 id51373
Published by NHTSA1997-06-27
Manufacturer's number97116
Manufacturer's date1997-01-02
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

TRANSFER CASE- WATER INGESTION THROUGH VENT TUBE. *JD

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

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

Vehicles listed
FORD EXPLORER1997

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

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