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Service bulletin 15769

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 id637460
Published by NHTSA2002-11-26
Manufacturer's number15769
Manufacturer's date2002-04-01
NHTSA componentSTEERING

NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION OF STEERING WHEEL LEATHER PEELING. *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

Steering

Vehicles listed
FORD EXPLORER SPORT2001, 2002 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC2001, 2002

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
04272005-12-15. Service bulletin. STEERING SHUDDER DURING LOW SPEED MANEUVERS - 4.0L ENGINE. *TT
164272004-07-28. Service bulletin. LOW SPEED OR STATIONARY NOISE/VIBRATION AT LOWER STEERING SHAFT AREA WHEN TURNING. *MJ
0319122004-06-16. Service bulletin. STEERING SHUDDER FELT WHEN TURNING, DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS OR AT STOP. *TT
172542004-01-15. Service bulletin. CLICKING/POPPING NOISE FROM UPPER STEERING COLUMN AREA WHEN TURNING. 2004 E SERIES AND EXPLORER SPORT TRAC ALSO INCLUDED. *TT
0319122003-11-15. Service bulletin. STEERING WHEEL SHUDDER DURING LOW SPEED TURNING MANEUVERS. 2004 EXPLORER SPORT TRAC INCLUDED. *TT
159062002-12-06. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON POWER STEERING LEAK CONDITION. *TT
158992002-12-06. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING THEFT LIGHT RELOCATION. *TT
160402002-11-06. Service bulletin. EXPERIENCING A CLICKING / POPPING NOISE FROM THE UPPER STEERING COLUMN AREA WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. *TT
156472002-04-19. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A V6 ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A STEERING RATTLE NOISE WHICH MAY BE HEARD AND FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN. *TT
0125012002-04-18. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A STEERING WHEEL SHUDDER DURING LOW SPEED TURNING MANEUVERS. *TT