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: Steering are shown. Show all
| 16040 | 2002-11-06. Service bulletin. STEERING. EXPERIENCING A CLICKING / POPPING NOISE FROM THE UPPER STEERING COLUMN AREA WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. *TT |
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| 13049 | 2000-11-15. Service bulletin. STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK. EXHIBITING A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK FROM THE STEERING GEAR BOOT(S). *TT |
| 13440 | 2000-05-16. Service bulletin. STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. EXPERIENCING VERY LIGHT STEERING VIBRATION / SHIMMY / NIBBLE AT ENGINE IDLE OR LOW SPEEDS (PARKING LOT TYPE MANEUVERS). *TT |
| 996777 | 1999-12-02. Service bulletin. STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID. EXHIBITING A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK FROM THE STEERING GEAR BOOT(S). *TT |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.