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 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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Only bulletins with component: Lighting are shown. Show all
| 02176 | 2004-08-05. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH. LAMP-BRAKE-INVADVERTENT DISABLING OF BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK. *MJ |
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| 985053 | 2000-06-19. Service bulletin. INTERIOR LIGHTING. REPEAT / REVISE MESSAGE REGARDING FLASHING 4X4 LIGHTS WITH NO DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES. *TT |
| 8119 | 2000-06-07. Service bulletin. INTERIOR LIGHTING. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 5.0L ENGINE AND ALL WHEEL DRIVE (AWD) TRANSFER CASE MAY EXHIBIT A CONDITION OF 4X4 INDICATORS FLASHING AND MULTIPLE GEM DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES. *TT |
| 98117 | 1999-07-13. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING. SOME VEHICLE MAY EXHIBIT MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ILLUMINATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) PO171, PO174, P1131 AND / OR P1151 STORED IN MEMORY. *TT |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.