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Service bulletin BC1024097230

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 id51608
Published by NHTSA1997-06-27
Manufacturer's numberBC1024097230
Manufacturer's date1997-01-23
NHTSA componentVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

NHTSA's summary

INCREASED THROTTLE EFFORTS MAY BE NOTED ON SOME 4.0L SOHC EQUIPPED VEHICLES DUE TO THROTTLE PLATE ALIGNMENT. *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

Throttle and cruise control

Vehicles listed
FORD EXPLORER1997

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
00V4220002000-12-27. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
99V0620011999-03-30. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
97V0740001997-04-30. 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
142652001-08-07. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT HESITATION ON ACCELERATION OR WHILE TURNING. *TT
002432001-03-02. Service bulletin. ON SOME VEHICLES, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BRACKET MAY BECOME LOOSE OR SEPARATED FROM THE DASH PANEL. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY REPEATED EXCESSIVE FORCE ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, RESULTING IN CRACKING OF THE DASH PANEL SHEET METAL AT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BRACKET. *TT
52032001-01-13. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HARD START / LONG CRANK, COLD START STALL, COLD ROUGH IDLE CONCERN. *TT
65742000-05-11. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN OCCASIONAL HOOT / MOAN FROM THE IDLE AIR CONTROL (IAC) VALVE. *TT
99130351999-12-07. Service bulletin. VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A NO START CONDITION WHEN PARKED ON AN INCLINE WITH THE VEHICLE IN A NOSE DOWN POSITION AND LESS THAN 1/4 TANK OF FUEL. *TT
0601991999-09-02. Service bulletin. CUSTOMER MAY COMPLAIN OF AN INTERMITTENT STUMBLE / BUCK / JERK AT 38 MPH WHILE IN HIGH GEAR AND AT VERY LIGHT THROTTLE APPLICATION. *TT
99S091999-08-16. Service bulletin. RECALL INFORMATION REGARDING SPEED CONTROL CABLE REPLACEMENT. *TT
9821221999-03-01. Service bulletin. SOME CUSTOMERS HAVE REPORTED THE THROTTLE STUCK AT IDLE ON SOME VEHICLES. *YC
BC10302970201997-07-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A HISS/WHISTLE AT TIP-IN FROM THE THROTTLE BODY/IAC AREA OF THE ENGINE. *JD