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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: Suspension are shown. Show all

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RCDNN00V40281742021-12-20. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION; SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR. Letter Pursuant to Part 573 of Title 49 of the Code fof Federal Regulations, Defect and Noncompliance Reports, Ford Motor Company submits the following information concerning a safety-related recall action that it is initiating.
RCDNN-00V402-8172016-07-07. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR. This recall action involves replacement of the front stabilizer bar links in certain 1995 through 1997 model year Explorer and Mountaineer vehicles. Under certain conditions, predominantly in cold weather areas, a front stabilizer bar link stud can fracture from bending fatigue. Bushing load/deflection testing indicates that the stiffness of the bushing urethane material increases as the temperature is lowered, which could increase the bending fatigue load on the stud from the bushing material.
163852004-07-27. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM. AIR RIDE CONTROL LAMP ON AFTER SHOCK ABSORBER REPLACEMENT / CONTACT REQUEST. *TT
167352003-09-09. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:REAR. VARIOUS NOISE ISSUES FROM THE REAR LEAF SPRINGS WHILE DRIVING. *TT
156922002-11-07. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SQUEAK, SNAP, RATTLE, OR CLUNK IN THE FRONT END WHEN TURNING OR GOING OVER BUMPS. *TT
00M112001-12-10. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR. INFORMATION REGARDING FRONT SWAY BAR LINK . *YH
00M112001-04-16. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:REAR. SUBJECT REGARDING ADDITIONAL COVERAGE PROGRAM FOR SWAY BAR LINKS. *JB
52492001-01-13. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. INFORMATION ON VEHICLES EXHIBITING STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY, VIBRATION OR GRUNT ON SLOW SPEED TURNS. *TT
46342001-01-03. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY, VIBRATION OR GRUNT ON SLOW SPEED TURNS. *TT
98-47322000-11-02. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT. STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIES, VIBRATION OR GRUNT ON SLOW SPEED TURNS..
00832000-07-21. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY; SUSPENSION:REAR. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 5.0L ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A RUBBING NOISE DURING RIGHT HAND TURNS FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. **MR
9850452000-06-16. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT. REVISED MESSAGE REGARDING STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY, VIBRATION OR GRUNT ON SLOW SPEED TURNS ACTION ON SOHC EQUIPPED VEHICLES, PERFORM TSB 98-21-01. *TT
73602000-05-15. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SQUEAK NOISE FROM THE REAR WHILE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING BUMPS. *TT
134262000-04-06. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. EXHIBITING VERY LIGHT STEERING VIBRATION / SHIMMY / NIBBLE AT ENGINE IDLE OR LOW SPEEDS. *TT
134152000-04-06. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS. EXHIBITING A SQUEAK TYPE NOISE FROM THE REAR STABILIZER BAR WHILE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. *TT
980216983111998-05-27. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A DRIFT/PULL, SHOW SIGNS OF TIRE WEAR, OR EXHIBIT POOR RIDE QUALITY. *YC
970501106131997-10-30. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. WHEN PERFORMING TSB 97-4-9, DO NOT USE A BAFFLE TO CORRECT HTE ISSUE, USE THE REVISED AXLE COVER PLATE. *TW
97491997-06-27. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION:LINES AND FITTINGS. AXLE- FRONT AXLE LEAKS FLUID FROM VENT TUBE- VEHICLES BUILT THROUGH 8/96 EQUIPPED WITH 4X4 AND AWD. *JD
BC10194972301997-06-27. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT REVERSE OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS WHEN SWITCHING THE AIR SUSPENSION SWITCH FROM NORMAL TO OFF ROAD. *JD
BC52319611011997-06-17. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT. VEHICLE LEAN. *TW
BC08819610041997-04-24. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS. THUMP/CLUNK NOISE IN TURNS OR OVER BUMPS MAY BE CAUSED BY THE KEVLAR PATCH WEARING THROUGH ON THE TORSION BAR ADJUSTERS. *TT

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