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Service bulletin 14425

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 id620443
Published by NHTSA2001-08-07
Manufacturer's number14425
Manufacturer's date2000-01-01
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:WRECKER AND WHEEL LIFT DEVICES

NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT REGARDING NEUTRAL TOW CAPABILITY. *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

Equipment and accessories

Vehicles listed
FORD EXPLORER SPORT2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC2001

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
00V3130002000-10-17. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS

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
0425112005-04-29. Service bulletin. MOAN/VIBRATION DURING AIR CONDITIONING OPERATION. *TT
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139952001-07-24. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4.0L SOHC MAY EXHIBIT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL BASE IDLE SPEED OF 1200-1400 RPM WHEN THE VEHICLE IS INITIALLY RECEIVED FROM THE ASSEMBLY PLANT. THIS HIGHER BASE IDLE STRAGETY IS NOW USED DURING PLANT / TRANSPORTATION OPERATION TO PREVENT SPARK PLUG FOULING. *TT
002132001-04-16. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING CLIMATE CONTROL - EATC - BLOWER MOTOR CONTROL SERVICE TIPS. *JB
00L092001-04-16. Service bulletin. SUBJECT PERTAINING TO SUPPLEMENTAL TIRE INFLATION LABEL. *JB
145852001-04-02. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DO NOT HAVE NEUTRAL TOW CAPABILITY AND CAN ONLY BE TOWED WITH ALL 4 WHEELS OFF THE GROUND. *TT
144742001-03-02. Service bulletin. INFORMATION REGARDING TOW HOOKS NOT STANDARD EQUIPMENT. *TT
138212000-06-13. Service bulletin. INFORMATION REGARDING VEHICLES THAT DO NOT HAVE THE NEUTRAL TOW CAPABILITY. *MJS