Service bulletins for the 2001 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.

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

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0285	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
14425	2001-08-07. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:WRECKER AND WHEEL LIFT DEVICES. SUBJECT REGARDING NEUTRAL TOW CAPABILITY. *TT
13995	2001-07-24. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4.0L SOHC MAY EXHIBIT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL BASE IDLE SPEED OF 1200-1400 RPM WHEN THE VEHICLE IS INITIALLY RECEIVED FROM THE ASSEMBLY PLANT. THIS HIGHER BASE IDLE STRAGETY IS NOW USED DURING PLANT / TRANSPORTATION OPERATION TO PREVENT SPARK PLUG FOULING. *TT
00213	2001-04-16. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. SUBJECT REGARDING CLIMATE CONTROL - EATC - BLOWER MOTOR CONTROL SERVICE TIPS. *JB
00L09	2001-04-16. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS. SUBJECT PERTAINING TO SUPPLEMENTAL TIRE INFLATION LABEL. *JB
14585	2001-04-02. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:WRECKER AND WHEEL LIFT DEVICES. SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DO NOT HAVE NEUTRAL TOW CAPABILITY AND CAN ONLY BE TOWED WITH ALL 4 WHEELS OFF THE GROUND. *TT
13821	2000-06-13. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:WRECKER AND WHEEL LIFT DEVICES. INFORMATION REGARDING VEHICLES THAT DO NOT HAVE THE NEUTRAL TOW CAPABILITY. *MJS

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