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Service bulletins for the 2002 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.

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

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164372004-07-28. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE. DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) C1233 & C1234 - REPLACE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM EUC. *MJ
164022004-07-28. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. FRONT BRAKE WEAR - UNDER INVESTIGATION. *MJ
032632004-07-26. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE. ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) LAMP ILLUMINATED AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) C1235, C1236, C1237 ON VEHICLES WITH DIFFERENTIAL-MOUNTED RAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. *TT
172312003-11-18. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT. ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) LIGHT FLASHING WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) B2477 AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE ABS MODULE. *TT
172152003-11-18. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:ABS WARNING LIGHT. THE AMBER ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) WARNING LIGHT ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES C1235, C1236/C1237 STORED IN MEMORY. *TT
169262003-09-09. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC. STABILITY ASSIST (ADVANCETRAC/IVD) SYSTEMS MAY NOT BE RECALIBRATED PROPERLY USING WDS. *TT
169182003-09-09. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:ABS WARNING LIGHT. ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) INDICATOR LAMP ON WITH CODES C1235 AND C1236 OR C1237. *TT
159102002-12-06. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. CONCERNS WITH BRAKE VIBRATION, ROUGHNESS AND / OR GRINDING NOISE, AND EXCESSIVE BRAKE ROTOR CORROSION. *TT
158592002-12-04. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. SOME VEHICLES WITH 4WABS MAY EXHIBIT DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES C1233 AND C1234 (ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SENSOR OUTPUT FAILURE). *TT
160212002-11-06. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. SOME VEHICLES WITH 4WABS MAY EXHIBIT DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES C1233 AND C1234 (ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SENSOR OUTPUT FAILURES) IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. *TT
161212002-11-05. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT UNEVEN AND / OR PREMATURE FRONT BRAKE PAD WEAR, PARTICULARLY THE FRONT INSIDE PAD. *TT
156022002-04-19. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. CONCERNS WITH LOW BRAKE PEDAL/HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT BRAKE FLUID LEAK. *TT
152482001-12-03. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR. SOME OWNERS MAY NOTICE A KNOCKING NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *TT
149332001-07-23. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A YELLOW FOUR WHEEL ANTI-LOCK BRAKE (4WABS) LAMP ILLUMINATED AND A DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) B1342 (ANTI-LOCK BRAKE CONTROL MODULE FAILURE) IN SELF TEST. *TT
149002001-07-20. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE C1230 AND / OR C1237 FROM THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. *TT
148962001-07-20. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN ERROR INDICATING THAT THERE IS NO COMMUNICATION OR RETURN DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTC) THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE (ABS) SYSTEM WHEN RETRIEVING DTCS FROM OR ATTEMPTING TO VIEW PIDS IN THE ABS MODULE WHEN USING WDS. *TT
148942001-07-20. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A REPETITIVE THUMP / KNOCK NOISE FROM THE REAR WHICH IS PROPORTIONAL TO WHEEL SPEED WHEN BRAKE. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY THE INITIAL FINISH / SPIRAL CUT OF THE REAR BREAK ROTOR(S). *TT
149032001-07-19. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:INTERCONNECTING ASSEMBLY(WIRING). INFORMATION REGARDING TRAILER WIRING - BRAKE CONTROLLER CONNECTOR LOCATION. *TT
147232001-06-01. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A TINNY RATTLE NOISE COMING FROM THE CENTER STEERING COLUMN AREA WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPY ROADS. THIS MAY BE DUE TO A FREQUENCY BEING INDUCED INTO THE BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK (BSI) SWITCH PINTLE, CREATING AN AUDIBLE RATTLE. *TT

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