Service bulletins for the 1997 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.
370 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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Only bulletins with component: Cooling system are shown. Show all
| 14617 | 2001-04-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. SUBJECT PERTAINING TO BROKEN THERMOSTAT. *JB |
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| 14583 | 2001-04-02. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. CONCERNS WITH BROKEN THERMOSTATS ON ENGINES. *JB |
| 99238 | 2000-03-09. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. A TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLUCTUATION AND / OR A KNOCKING / THUMPING NOISE MAY BE AUDIBLE INTHE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT ON SOME VEHICLES. *TT |
| 97090297189 | 1998-03-30. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. EXPERIENCING A "THUMPING" NOISE OR TEMPEATURE GAUGE FLUCTATION WITH SOME VEHICLES. *YC |
| BC1035597020 | 1997-07-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. RADIATORS MAY EXHIBIT A COOLANT LEAK AT THE END TANK SEALS IN COLD TEMPERATURES. *JD |
| BC1019997230 | 1997-06-27. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS. 4.0L EQUIPPED VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLUCTUATION THAT MAY BE ACCOMPNIED WITH A THUMPING NOISE OR FEEL IN THE COOLANT HOSES WITH THE ENGINE AT NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE. *JD |
| BC3485972301 | 1997-06-27. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS. 4.0L EQUIPPED VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLUCTUATION THAT MAY BE ACCOMPANIED WITH A THUMPING NOISE OR FEEL IN THE COOLANT HOSE WITH THE ENGINE AT NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE. *JD |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.