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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: Throttle and cruise control are shown. Show all

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142652001-08-07. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT HESITATION ON ACCELERATION OR WHILE TURNING. *TT
002432001-03-02. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL. ON SOME VEHICLES, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BRACKET MAY BECOME LOOSE OR SEPARATED FROM THE DASH PANEL. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY REPEATED EXCESSIVE FORCE ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, RESULTING IN CRACKING OF THE DASH PANEL SHEET METAL AT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BRACKET. *TT
52032001-01-13. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HARD START / LONG CRANK, COLD START STALL, COLD ROUGH IDLE CONCERN. *TT
65742000-05-11. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN OCCASIONAL HOOT / MOAN FROM THE IDLE AIR CONTROL (IAC) VALVE. *TT
99130351999-12-07. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES. VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A NO START CONDITION WHEN PARKED ON AN INCLINE WITH THE VEHICLE IN A NOSE DOWN POSITION AND LESS THAN 1/4 TANK OF FUEL. *TT
0601991999-09-02. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. CUSTOMER MAY COMPLAIN OF AN INTERMITTENT STUMBLE / BUCK / JERK AT 38 MPH WHILE IN HIGH GEAR AND AT VERY LIGHT THROTTLE APPLICATION. *TT
99S091999-08-16. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES. RECALL INFORMATION REGARDING SPEED CONTROL CABLE REPLACEMENT. *TT
9821221999-03-01. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. SOME CUSTOMERS HAVE REPORTED THE THROTTLE STUCK AT IDLE ON SOME VEHICLES. *YC
BC10302970201997-07-17. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A HISS/WHISTLE AT TIP-IN FROM THE THROTTLE BODY/IAC AREA OF THE ENGINE. *JD
BC10240972301997-06-27. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. INCREASED THROTTLE EFFORTS MAY BE NOTED ON SOME 4.0L SOHC EQUIPPED VEHICLES DUE TO THROTTLE PLATE ALIGNMENT. *JD

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