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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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0121132002-02-22. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH. SOME IGNITION SWITCH LOCK CYLINDER ASSEMBLIES MAY EXHIBIT ROUGNESS AND / OR EXCESS EFFORT IN TURNING, KEY DOES NOT FULLY RETURN FROM START, A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP MAY ILLUMINATE WITH P0500, P1502 AND U1039 STORED IN POWERTRIAN CONTROL MODULE (PCM). *TT
011972002-02-22. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 4.0L OHV ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT AN ENGINE NOISE WHICH MAY BE PERCEIVED BY THE CUSTOMER AS A PISTON / ONNECTING ROD BEARING KNOCK. *TT
152492001-12-03. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. CONCERNS WITH HIGH BRAKE PEDAL FORCE TO STOP AFTER ROTOR MACHINING. *TT
152262001-12-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 4.0L OHV ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT AN ENGINE NOISE THAT MAY BE PERCEIVED BY THE CUSTOMER A S ADIESEL TYPE NOISE AND IS KNOWN AS MARBLE NOISE. *TT
152172001-12-03. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. INFORMATION ON SERVICE PARTS FOR HARD START CONDITION. *TT
011812001-11-30. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH. BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK.*JB
151552001-11-15. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER. ON SOME VEHICLES THE REAR WIPER ARM FAILS TO CLEAN BACK GLASS. *ET
151382001-11-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HESITATION ON ACCELERATION DURING ENGINE WARM-UP. *SLC
151682001-11-08. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT HIGH FREQUENCY BRAKE SQUEAL NOISE. *YH
151192001-11-08. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH. INFORMATION REGARDING MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH PART NUMBER CLARIFICATION. *SLC
011572001-10-31. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. INFORMATION REGARDING TRANSMISSION FLUID USAGE CHARTS. *SLC
011562001-10-31. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT HEATER CORE LEAKS. *SLC
150062001-10-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES WITH 4.0L SOHC ENGINES MAY MAKE A START-UP NOISE FROM THE LEFT FRONT OF THE ENGINE. *TT
011142001-10-22. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SOME 4X4 VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HIGH-PITCHED SQUEAL OR WHISTLE TYPE NOISE FROM THE FRONT AXLE AREA OF THE VEHICLE AT SPEEDS FROM 16 TO 64 KM/H (10 TO 40 MPH). *TT
99872001-09-17. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT HARSH DOWNSHIFT FROM 3RD TO 1ST GEAR WHILE STOPPING, HESITATION AFTER ACCELERATION FROM STOP AND / OR LACK OF POWER AFTER ACCELERATION FROM STOP ON VEHICLES WITH 4.0L OR 5.0L ENGINES. *TT
150402001-09-06. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME EXPLORER / SPORT / SPORT TRAC EQUIPPED WITH A 4.0L SOHC ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A START-UP NOISE CONDITION FROM THE LEFT FRONT OF THE ENGINE. *TT
011372001-09-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 4R70W AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MAY EXHIBIT A CLUNK NOISE DURING THE 2-1 DOWNSHIFT EVENT. *TT
144892001-08-09. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SOME VEHICLES BUILT THROUGH 01/1999, EQUIPPED WITH A 5.0L ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A COLD START OR HOT ENGINE DECELERATION NOISE COMING FROM THE #5 CYLINDER. *TT
144512001-08-08. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 5.0L ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT (MIL) ON WITH POSSIBLE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTC) P0351, P0352, P0353 AND / OR P0354 IN SELF TEST WITH NO DRIVEABILITY CONCERNS PRESENT. *TT
138792001-07-23. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. INFORMATION ON REPLACING A GEM MODULE ON 4X4 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4.0L SOHC, OHV AND THE NEUTRAL TOW KIT. *TT
138532001-07-23. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, AIR; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 4.0L OHV ENGINE MAY EXHIBIT CLOGGED / PLUGGED FUEL INJECTORS. *TT
137522001-07-23. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL. SOME 4X4 VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN OIL LEAK FROM THE FRONT AXLE PINION SEAL. *TT
137252001-07-23. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SOME VEHICLES WITH A4WD MAY EXHIBIT A VIBRATION / MOAN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TT
149072001-07-20. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. CONCERNS WITH VEHICLES EXHIBITING THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE REGISTERING LOW OR NO OIL PRESSURE USUALLY ON INITIAL START-UP AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF COLD SOAK. *TT
131542001-05-31. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SUBJECT REGARDING 4.0L ENGINE HOTLINE PHONE NUMBERS. *TT

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