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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: Ignition are shown. Show all

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121542000-06-19. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH PATS (SECURILOCK) EXCEPT CERTAIN MODELS NOW HAVE AVAILABILITY OF FLEET KEYS THROUGH ROTUNDA. *MJS
99431999-05-11. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE; POWER TRAIN. INFORMATION REGARDING REPROGRAMMING POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULES (PCMS). *TT
BC1057897051997-09-18. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. VEHICLES WITH DTC P0402 IN MEMORY ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION BY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. *TW
BC1056097051997-09-18. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT SHUDDER/BIND IN TURNS WHILE IN 4X4 AUTO MODE. *TW
BC23839705011997-09-12. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. SERVICE FIX FOR VEHICLES WHICH EXHIBIT SHUDDER/BIND IN TURNS WHILE IN 4X4 MODE.
BC23139705011997-09-12. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. MAY 1997 GEM SOFTWARE HAS ERRORS - JUNE SOFTWARE IS CORRECT. *TW
BC23029705011997-09-12. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. DTC P0402 IN MEMORY UNDER INVESTIGATION BY ENGINEERING. *TW
BC32829702061997-07-17. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. GEM CONCERN - CHECK FOR MORE THAN ONE GEM CONTROLLED COMPONENT THAT IS INOPERATIVE OR FOR A STRING OF FALSE GEM DTC'S RECEIVED IN MEMORY. *TW
BC10227972301997-06-27. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. THE NGS DISPLAYS INCORRECT DATA FOR THE IGN GEM PID ON THE VEHICLES. *JD
BC33639723011997-06-27. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. THE NGS DISPLAYS INCORRECT DATE FOR THE ING GEM PID ON THE VEHICLES. *JD
962651997-06-17. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) - DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) P0300, P0301, P0302, P0303, P0304, P0305, P0306, P0307, AND/OR P0308 STORED IN MEMORY. *TW
9625111997-06-17. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE -REPROGRAM POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) - SERVICE PROCEDURES - SERVICE TIP. *TW
9625101997-06-17. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) - DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) P0300, P0301, P0302, P0303, P0304, P0305, P0306, P0307 AND/OR P0308 STORED IN MEMORY. *TW
BC03139611011997-06-17. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, CODE P030X, WITH NO DRIVEABILITY COMPLAINT. *TW

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