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Service bulletin 16111

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 id636132
Published by NHTSA2002-11-05
Manufacturer's number16111
Manufacturer's date2002-08-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO 12/06/2001 MAY EXHIBIT A POPPING NOISE FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHILE BRAKING OR ON ACCELERATION FROM A STOP. *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

Suspension

Vehicles listed
FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC2001, 2002

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

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0424192005-04-28. Service bulletin. REVISED PROCEDURE FOR ADJUSTING ALIGNMENT ON ALL SUSPENSIONS - NEW RIGHT HAND UPPER CONTROL ARM DESIGN FOR TORSION BAR FRONT SUSPENSIONS. *TT
042132005-04-15. Service bulletin. SQUEAKING NOISE FROM REAR SWAY BAR LINK. *TT
177772004-08-04. Service bulletin. REAR LEAF SPRING NOISE. *TT
163952004-07-28. Service bulletin. SQUEAK NOISE FROM THE REAR STABILIZER BAR LINK. *MJ
167352003-09-09. Service bulletin. VARIOUS NOISE ISSUES FROM THE REAR LEAF SPRINGS WHILE DRIVING. *TT