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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: Suspension are shown. Show all

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0424192005-04-28. 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
163852004-07-27. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM. AIR RIDE CONTROL LAMP ON AFTER SHOCK ABSORBER REPLACEMENT / CONTACT REQUEST. *TT
167352003-09-09. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:REAR. VARIOUS NOISE ISSUES FROM THE REAR LEAF SPRINGS WHILE DRIVING. *TT
156922002-11-07. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SQUEAK, SNAP, RATTLE, OR CLUNK IN THE FRONT END WHEN TURNING OR GOING OVER BUMPS. *TT
143712001-04-18. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. SUBJECT REGARDING POP / CREAK NOISE FROM THE REAR UNDERBODY WHILE DRIVING. *JB
52492001-01-13. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. INFORMATION ON VEHICLES EXHIBITING STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY, VIBRATION OR GRUNT ON SLOW SPEED TURNS. *TT
46342001-01-03. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY, VIBRATION OR GRUNT ON SLOW SPEED TURNS. *TT
66992000-11-03. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES WITH A4WD MAY EXHIBIT A VIBRATION / PULSATION FELT FROM THE DRIVELINE IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND FLOORPAN ON ACCELERATION / LIGHT TIP-IN AT 25-35 MPH WHEN IN 4 AUTO MODE. *TT
98-47322000-11-02. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT. STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIES, VIBRATION OR GRUNT ON SLOW SPEED TURNS..
00832000-07-21. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY; SUSPENSION:REAR. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 5.0L ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A RUBBING NOISE DURING RIGHT HAND TURNS FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. **MR
9850452000-06-16. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT. REVISED MESSAGE REGARDING STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY, VIBRATION OR GRUNT ON SLOW SPEED TURNS ACTION ON SOHC EQUIPPED VEHICLES, PERFORM TSB 98-21-01. *TT
73602000-05-15. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A SQUEAK NOISE FROM THE REAR WHILE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING BUMPS. *TT
130042000-05-12. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE; SUSPENSION; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT. SOME 4.0L VEHICLES WITH A4WD MAY EXHIBIT A VIBRATION / PULSATION FELT FROM THE DRIVELINE IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND FLOORPAN ON ACCELERATION / LIGHT TIP-IN AT 25-35 MPH WHEN IN 4 AUTO MODE. *TT
129472000-05-12. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION; SUSPENSION:FRONT. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HIGH PITCHED SQUEAL OR WHISTLE TYPE NOISE FROM THE FRONT END AT SPEEDS FROM 10 MPH TO 40 MPH. *TT
134262000-04-06. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. EXHIBITING VERY LIGHT STEERING VIBRATION / SHIMMY / NIBBLE AT ENGINE IDLE OR LOW SPEEDS. *TT
134152000-04-06. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS. EXHIBITING A SQUEAK TYPE NOISE FROM THE REAR STABILIZER BAR WHILE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. *TT
133502000-04-05. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. SOME VEHICLES WITH A4WD BUILT PRIOR TO 9/13/99 MAY EXHIBIT A VIBRATION / PULSATION AT 0 - 45 MPH. *TT
9968871999-12-06. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; SUSPENSION. SOME 4.0L VEHICLES WITH A4WD MAY EXHIBIT A VIBRATION / PULSATION AT 0-45 MPH ON DRY PAVEMENT UNDER LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCELERATION. *TT
99981999-08-20. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. EXPERIENCING DRIFT / PULL TO THE RIGHT CONDITONS. *TT
980216983111998-05-27. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A DRIFT/PULL, SHOW SIGNS OF TIRE WEAR, OR EXHIBIT POOR RIDE QUALITY. *YC

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