# Service bulletin 99238

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: 6090164
- Published by NHTSA: 2000\-03\-09
- Manufacturer's number: 99238
- Manufacturer's date: 1999\-11\-15
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

A TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLUCTUATION AND / OR A KNOCKING / THUMPING NOISE MAY BE AUDIBLE INTHE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT ON SOME VEHICLES. \*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

- 1995 to 2000 FORD EXPLORER
- 1995 to 2000 FORD RANGER

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [00V094000](/recalls/nhtsa/00V094000.md), 2000-03-28: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [01B69S1](/bulletins/619279.md), 2001-05-22, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. OWNER NOTIFICATION PROGRAM \(SUPPLEMENT \#1\) REGARDING ELECTRIC COOLANT PUMP REPLACEMENT. REVISED TO REFLECT ELECTRIC COOLANT PUMP REPLACEMENT FOR ALL AFFECTED 1998 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES, WITHOUT THE NEED OF PERFORMING A WIGGLE TEST. \*TT
- [01B69](/bulletins/619278.md), 2001-05-22, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. OWNER NOTIFICATION PROGRAM NOTIFYING OWNERS THAT THEIR VEHICLE MAY HAVE AN ELECTRIC COOLANT PUMP THAT COULD MALFUNCTION UNDER CERTAIN DUTY CYCLES. THIS PRORAM INVOLVES POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT OF THE ELECTRIC COOLANT PUMP. \*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
- [12924](/bulletins/614751.md), 2000-12-13, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. SOME VEHICLES MAY REQUIRE RADIATOR HOSE CLAMP REPLACEMENT DURING NORMAL VEHICLE SERVICE. \*TT
- [14062](/bulletins/613705.md), 2000-07-27, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A COOLING SYSTEM LEAK DUE TO A BROKEN CONSTANT TENSION CLAMP. \*\*MR
- [8534](/bulletins/613665.md), 2000-07-26, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A COOLING SYSTEM LEAK DUE TO A BROKEN CONSTANT TENSION CLAMP. \*\*MR
- [6559](/bulletins/610686.md), 2000-05-10, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. BRIEF INFORMATION REGARDING RADIATOR HOSE CLAMP FOR SERVICE. \*TT
- [99B15](/bulletins/6090041.md), 2000-03-03, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. OWNER NOTIFICATION PROGRAM REGARDING WATER PUMP REPLACEMENT FOR VEHICLES WITH WATER PUMP THAT MAY HAVE EXCESSIVE AXIAL RUNOUT OF THE WATER PUMP HUB THREADS WHICH COULD RESULT IN WATER PUMP FAILURE AND POSSIBLE ENGINE OVERHEATING. \*TT
- [12583](/bulletins/605310.md), 1999-06-08, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4.0L OHV ENGINES MAY EXHIBIT A THUMPING NOISE FROM THE COOLING SYSTEM. \*TT

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