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Service bulletins for the 1996 Ford Explorer

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.

238 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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Only bulletins with component: Exhaust and emissions are shown. Show all

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9815122000-04-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. A DIRECT REPLACEMENT PART FOR THE EVAPORATIVE EMISSION CANISTER AND BRACKET ASSEMBLY. AK
98R031999-08-16. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE). SAFETY RECALL LETTER INFORMING OWNERS OF MODIFICATION TO THE POSITIVE CRANKCASE VENTILATION (PCV) SYSTEM. *TT
98R031999-08-16. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. SUBJECT REGARDING POSITIVE CRANKCASE VENTILATION (PCV) TUBE MODIFICATION. *TT
9823101999-03-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. MASS AIR FLOW (MAF)- SENSOR CONTAMINATION- SERVICE TIP. *AK
9820101999-03-02. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. EXPERIENCING A " BUZZING " OR " RATTLING " NOISE FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. *YC
98641998-07-21. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. INFORMATION ON A BUZZING OR RATTLE NOISE FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. *TT
96E571997-07-24. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. EMISSIONS RECALL 96E57 - CERTAIN 1996 EXPLORERS EQUIPPED WITH THE 4.0L ENGINES AND BUILT AT THE LOUISVILLE ASSEMBLY PLANT ON 11/18/95 AND CERTAIN 1997 EXPLORERS EQUIPPED WITH THE 4.0L ENGINES AND BUILT AT THE LOUISVILLE ASSEMBLY PLANT FROM START OF 1997 PRODUCTION THROUGH 8/14/96 WERE BUILT AND SHIPPED WITH INCORRECT VAPOR MANAGEMENT VALVES INSTALLED IN THE EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS CONTROL SYSTEM - INCORRECT VALVES MAY CAUSE THE VEHICLES TO EXCEED EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS STANDARDS - TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION, OWNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED TO RETURN THEIR EXPLORERS FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE VAPOR MANAGEMENT VALVE. *TW
BC10195972301997-06-27. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE. EXHAUST NOISE HEARD IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT MOST PRESENT A TIP-IN A ND CRUISE AFTER SSM 5238 HAS BEEN PERFORMED. *JD
BC34819723011997-06-27. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE. EXHAUST NOISE HEARD IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT MOST PRESENT AT TIP-IN A ND CRUISE AFTER SSM 5238 HAS BEEN PERFORMED. *JD
BC52389611011997-06-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE. VEHICLE MAY EXHIBIT AN EXHAUST MANIFOLD IMPINGEMENT NOISE. *TW
BC04819611131997-06-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN EXHAUST MANIFOLD IMPINGEMENT NOISE. *TW

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.