Service bulletins for the 2003 Ford Explorer Sport Trac
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.
62 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| 0398 | 2003-09-17. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ILLUMINATION WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0442, P0455, P0456, P0457, P1442 OR CHECK FUEL CAP LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0457. *TT |
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| 16835 | 2003-09-16. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH. TAILGATE LOCKING BY ITSELF WHEN SLAMMED SHUT OR WHEN THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN OVER ROUGH ROADS. *TT |
| 16810 | 2003-09-10. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ROUGH IDLE AND/OR CHECK ENGINE LAMP DUE TO CLOSURE HOSE WHICH BECOMES LOOSE OR DISCONNECTED AT THE RIGHT HAND CAM COVER. *TT |
| 16761 | 2003-09-10. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. SLOW FUEL FILL CONDITION ON CERTAIN VEHICLES BUILT AFTER 3/3/02. *TT |
| 16735 | 2003-09-09. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:REAR. VARIOUS NOISE ISSUES FROM THE REAR LEAF SPRINGS WHILE DRIVING. *TT |
| 16879 | 2003-09-08. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC. SQUEALING NOISE FROM THE FRONT BRAKES WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THE NOISE USUALLY OCCURS WITH LIGHT BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE AND GOES AWAY WITH MORE PRESSURE. 2004 EXPLORER SPORT TRAC INCLUDED. *TT |
| 16623 | 2003-09-04. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM. EXCESSIVE FUEL GAUGE FLUCTUATION WHILE DRIVING (QSF). *TT |
| 16610 | 2003-09-04. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. NO START, NO COMMUNICATION WITH POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) USING WDS/NGS OR A MISS/BUCK/JERK WHILE DRIVING. *TT |
| 0335 | 2003-09-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. IDLE AIR CONTROL (IAC) VALVE DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE TIPS. *TT |
| 0358 | 2003-07-26. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. FLUID MAY LEAK OUT OF THE FRONT AXLE VENT TUBE. *TT *JB |
| 870197 | 2003-03-25. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. INCORRECTLY INSTALLED GEAR DRIVEN CAMSHAFT POSITION (CMP) SENSOR SYNCHRONIZER ASSEMBLIES CAUSING SURGE, LOST OF POWER, MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P1336, P1309 AND P0340. *TT |
| 0186 | 2001-05-22. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. ON SOME VEHICLES, INCLUDING SPORT AND SPORT TRAC, THE FRONT AXLE LEAKS FLUID FROM THE VENT TUBE. *TT |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.