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Service bulletins for the 1999 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.

416 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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992432000-03-10. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH. ON SOME VEHICLES, THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS MAY OPERATE WHILE THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH IS IN THE OFF POSITION. *TT
992422000-03-09. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. INFORMATION ON REPLACING AND / OR REPAIRING MALFUNCTIONING (DOOR, IGNITION AND DECKLID) LOCKS. *TT
992382000-03-09. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. A TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLUCTUATION AND / OR A KNOCKING / THUMPING NOISE MAY BE AUDIBLE INTHE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT ON SOME VEHICLES. *TT
992342000-03-09. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. INFORMATION ON DIAGNOSING A VEHICLE WITH MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ILLUMINATED AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0442 AND P0455 STORED IN CONTINUOUS MEMORY. *TT
991972000-03-08. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SUBJECT REGARDING INTERMITTENT TRANSMISSION CONTROL INDICATOR LAMP OR MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ILLUMINATION. *TT
991962000-03-08. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. INFORMATION ON IDENTIFYING NON-APPROVED / ALTERNATE REFRIGERANTS WHICH COULD CAUSE SAFETY, AND PERFORMANCE CONCERNS IF INSTALLED IN FORD A/C SYSTEMS. *TT
991942000-03-06. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. INFORMATION FOR SERVICING AND DIAGNOSING BRAKE VIBRATION, BRAKE INSPECTION, AND BRAKE FRICTION MATERIAL REPLACEMENT. *TT
9918132000-03-06. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. EXPERIENCING AN INOPERATIVE OR INACCURATE ODOMETER / SPEEDOMETER READINGS. *TT
991862000-03-06. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT TRANSMISSION CONTROL INDICATOR LAMP OR MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ILLUMINATION. *TT
991852000-03-06. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. VEHICLES BUILT BETWEEN 3/15/1997 AND 12/31/1998 AND WITH 4R70W TRANSMISSIONS MAY EXPERIENCE DELAYED OR NO 2-3 UPSHIFT, TRANSMISSION CONTROL INDICATOR LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0782 STORED IN MEMORY. *TT
992282000-03-03. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. EXPERIENCING WATER LEAK INTO THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE MOONROOF OPENING. *TT
992242000-02-11. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER. SUBJECT REGARDING FRONT WIPERS OPERATING WHILE SWITCH IS IN OFF POSITION. *TT
992232000-02-11. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. A NO START CONDITION WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED ON AN INCLINE WITH THE VEHICLE IN A NOSE DOWN POSITION AND LESS THAN 1/4 TANK OF FUEL MAY OCCUR. *TT
992222000-02-11. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. SUBJECT ON A WIRE HARNESS TERMINAL REPAIR KIT AVAILABLE FOR REPAIRING ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESSES. *TT
992062000-02-11. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. CONCERNS WITH BURNING ODOR OR SMOKE, AND / OR RUSTLING NOISE WHILE BLOWER MOTOR IS ON. *TT
992032000-02-10. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS. INFORMATION ON REPLACING THE FRONT BUMPER BRACKET. *TT
99131381999-12-07. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. INFORMATION ON REPLACING AND REMOVING THE GENERIC ELECTRONIC MODULE (GEM). *TT
99131301999-12-07. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES. CUSTOMERS MAY PERCEIVE A CONDITION IN WHICH THE BRAKE PEDAL IS SLOW TO RETURN AFTER IT IS APPLIED ON VEHICLES BUILT PRIOR TO 5/18/99. *TT
99130941999-12-07. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. CONCERNS WITH 4.0L SOHC ENGINES EQUIPPED VEHICLES EXHIBITING AN OIL LEAK FROM THE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH BOSS OF THE ENGINE BLOCK. *TT
99130721999-12-07. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR. VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN OUTSIDE PASSENGER OR DRIVER SIDE MIRROR SLIGHT FLUTTER / SHAKE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *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
99129421999-12-07. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH. CONCERNS WITH UNCOMMANDED FRONT WIPER FUNCTION ACTIVATING WITHOUT COMMAND. *TT
99127031999-12-06. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. CUSTOMER MAY COMPLAIN THAT THE POWER WINDOW(S) MAY BECOME INOPERATIVE. *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
9968841999-12-06. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN OF AN INTERNAL LOW END NOISE THAT IS DESCRIBED AS A "DIESEL AND / OR MARBELS IN A TIN CAN RATTLE" ON VEHICLES WITH A 4.OL OVH ENGINE. *TT

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