WenmarOpen by Wenmar Pro

Service bulletin 15070

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 id621075
Published by NHTSA2001-09-06
Manufacturer's number15070
Manufacturer's date2001-07-01
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

NHTSA's summary

A CONDITION MAY EXIST WITH FLAKING OR PEELING OF THE INTERIOR DOOR PULL HANDLE PAINT ON VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE JULY 24, 2000. *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

Body and frame

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
03V0940002003-03-07. STRUCTURE
20010022001-01-12. Structure
00V3940002000-11-28. STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS

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
042512005-04-29. Service bulletin. ALUMINUM CORROSION - SERVICE TIP. *TT
162532004-08-09. Service bulletin. EQUIPPED WITH A HARD TONNEAU COVER. * MJ
021712004-08-05. Service bulletin. PAINT-PREMATURE CLEARCOAT CRACKING-SERVICE TIPS. *MJ
164242004-07-28. Service bulletin. NEW TONNEAU COVER LOCK CYLINDER RETAINER CLIPS RELEASED FOR SERVICE. *MJ
032352004-07-23. Service bulletin. BED EXTENDER COMPONENT REPLACEMENT SERVICE TIP. *TT
176472004-06-22. Service bulletin. PAINT PEELING AND/OR BUBBLING ON THE CENTER FINISH PANEL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. *TT
172532004-01-15. Service bulletin. WATER LEAK NEAR THE ROOF OPENING PANEL. 2004 EXPLORER SPORT TRAC INCLUDED. *TT
157652002-11-26. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT WIND NOISE AROUND THE FRONT DOORS, NEAR THE TOP REAR-WARD PORTION OF THE DOOR / GLASS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, OR IN A CROSS WIND. *TT
012252002-04-16. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A METALLIC CREAKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING ON ROUGH ROADS, MAKING TURNS, OR DRIVING OVER SPEED BUMPS. *TT
143392001-08-07. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A FUEL DOOR RUBBING THE FENDER OPENING NEAR THE HINGE POSITION OR THE FUEL DOOR TAB NOT FITTING INTO THE HOUSING SLOT. *TT