# Service bulletins for the 1998 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.

352 bulletins from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

- [030508](/bulletins/10017891.md), 2005-12-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. FRONT AXLE LEAKS FLUID FROM VENT TUBE \- VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4X4 OR AWD. \*TT
- [042419](/bulletins/10014096.md), 2005-04-28, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT. REVISED PROCEDURE FOR ADJUSTING ALIGNMENT ON ALL SUSPENSIONS \- NEW RIGHT HAND UPPER CONTROL ARM DESIGN FOR TORSION BAR FRONT SUSPENSIONS. \*TT
- [042107](/bulletins/10014086.md), 2005-04-28, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). GENERAL \(PCM\) POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. \*TT
- [04217](/bulletins/10013369.md), 2005-04-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\). GENERAL POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE \(PCM\) PROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. \*TT
- [02176](/bulletins/10008580.md), 2004-08-05, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH. LAMP\-BRAKE\-INVADVERTENT DISABLING OF BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. \*MJ
- [16385](/bulletins/10008322.md), 2004-07-27, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM. AIR RIDE CONTROL LAMP ON AFTER SHOCK ABSORBER REPLACEMENT / CONTACT REQUEST. \*TT
- [02221](/bulletins/10008304.md), 2004-07-27, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE\-GEAR DRIVEN SYNCHRONIZERS\-INCORRECT INSTALLATION\-CAMSHAFT POSITION SYNCHRONIZER \(CMP\) INSTALLATION TOOL CORRECT APPLICATION. \*MJ
- [03261](/bulletins/10008279.md), 2004-07-26, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. NEW SERVICE PART \- NUMBER 5 NEEDLE BEARING AND RACE KIT \- 4R70W TRANSMISSION \- SERVICE TIP. \*TT
- [03251](/bulletins/10008276.md), 2004-07-26, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. DRIVEABILITY\-MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ILLUMINATED\-DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTC'S\) P0420 AND/OR P0430. \*MJ
- [0475](/bulletins/10008203.md), 2004-07-23, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. DRIVEABILITY\-MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ILLUMINATED\-DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTC'S\) P0420 AND/OR P0430. \*MJ
- [17312](/bulletins/10008162.md), 2004-07-23, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0420 AND/OR P0430. \*TT
- [03199](/bulletins/10004038.md), 2003-11-15, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. RATTLE/BUZZ SOUND FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE ON 4.0L SINGLE OVERHEAD CAM \(SOHC\) ENGINES. \*TT
- [03181](/bulletins/10004027.md), 2003-11-14, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY \(RKE\) \- SERVICE TIPS. \*TT
- [16935](/bulletins/10003831.md), 2003-11-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. AN UNCOMMANDED SHIFT TO 4X4 LOW. \*TT
- [03148](/bulletins/10003748.md), 2003-10-29, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES. NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER FLUSHER \- SERVICE TIPS. 2003 ESCORT AND SUPER DUTY F SERIES INCLUDED. \*TT
- [0398](/bulletins/10002780.md), 2003-09-17, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\) ILLUMINATION WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0442, P0455, P0456, P0457, P1442 OR CHECK FUEL CAP LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0457. \*TT
- [16735](/bulletins/10002643.md), 2003-09-09, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:REAR. VARIOUS NOISE ISSUES FROM THE REAR LEAF SPRINGS WHILE DRIVING. \*TT
- [0358](/bulletins/10001922.md), 2003-07-26, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. FLUID MAY LEAK OUT OF THE FRONT AXLE VENT TUBE. \*TT \*JB
- [870197](/bulletins/10000592.md), 2003-03-25, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. INCORRECTLY INSTALLED GEAR DRIVEN CAMSHAFT POSITION \(CMP\) SENSOR SYNCHRONIZER ASSEMBLIES CAUSING SURGE, LOST OF POWER, MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P1336, P1309 AND P0340. \*TT
- [0285](/bulletins/637928.md), 2002-12-09, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. ON SOME VEHICLES, THE ELECTRONIC AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE CONTROL \(EATC\) BLOWS COLD AIR FROM THE FLOOR DUCTS ON VEHICLES PRODUCED BEFORE 9/30/2000 ONLY. \*TT
- [0282](/bulletins/637922.md), 2002-12-09, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. SOME VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO 9/15/2001 MAY EXHIBIT LOW LINE PRESSURE READINGS WHILE IN DRIVE, NO 2ND GEAR, NO 3RD GEAR, NO ENGINE BRAKING IN MANUAL 1ST AND SLIPPING SHIFTS AND / OR DELAYED ENGAGEMENTS. \*TT
- [15910](/bulletins/637803.md), 2002-12-06, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. CONCERNS WITH BRAKE VIBRATION, ROUGHNESS AND / OR GRINDING NOISE, AND EXCESSIVE BRAKE ROTOR CORROSION. \*TT
- [15887](/bulletins/637755.md), 2002-12-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A NO 1\-2 UPSHIFT, NO 2\-3 UPSHIFT, A NO ENGINE BRAKING CONDITION IN MANUAL 1 OR DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0732 \(GEAR 2 INCORRECT RATIO\) OR P0733 \(GEAR 3 INCORRECT RATIO\). \*TT
- [15859](/bulletins/637710.md), 2002-12-04, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. SOME VEHICLES WITH 4WABS MAY EXHIBIT DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES C1233 AND C1234 \(ANTI\-LOCK BRAKE SENSOR OUTPUT FAILURE\). \*TT
- [15692](/bulletins/636326.md), 2002-11-07, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SQUEAK, SNAP, RATTLE, OR CLUNK IN THE FRONT END WHEN TURNING OR GOING OVER BUMPS. \*TT

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