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Service bulletin 15230

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 id625780
Published by NHTSA2001-12-03
Manufacturer's number15230
Manufacturer's date2001-09-01
NHTSA componentSEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN PASSENGER SEAT THAT DOES NOT LATCH SECURELY AFTER RLEASING, SLIDING FORWARD, AND RETURNING THE SEAT TO ITS NORMAL POSITION. *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

Seats

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

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20060792006-04-18. Seats And Restraints
06V1140002006-04-10. SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
20031902003-08-11. Seats And Restraints
03V2810002003-08-05. SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER

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
143522001-04-18. Service bulletin. SUBJECT PERTAINING TO RIGHT FRONT SEAT MOVEMENT AFTER REAR ACCESS. *JB