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Service bulletins for the 2003 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.

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

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Only bulletins with component: Axle are shown. Show all

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TSB-08-19-32009-05-21. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL; POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT. FORD: SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT OIL SEPARATION FROM THE INTERNAL LUBE FOUND IN THE UNITIZED CARTRIDGE SEAL. OIL SEPARATION APPEARS TO BE AND IS OFTEN MISDIAGNOSED, AS AN AXLE LUBE LEAK. *PE
056182005-12-07. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR AXLE NOISE REPAIR. *TT
184782005-05-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AXLE SEAL LEAKS. *EH
184662005-05-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AXLE WHINE HOWL. THIS INCLUDES 1997-05 FORD VEHICLES. *EH
062162005-04-28. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. LIMITED SLIP AXLE CHATTER, SHUDDER, BINDING SENSATION, OR VIBRATION DURING LOW SPEED TURNING MANEUVERS. *TT
0417152005-04-08. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. FRONT AXLE TUBE LEAK. *EH
184232005-04-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AXLE WHINE HOWL SERVICE WITH INDIVIDUAL PARTS INSTEAD OF AN AXLE ASSEMBLY. *EH
182212004-12-07. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR AXLE NOISE. OASIS. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING 2005 EXPLORER, MOUNTAINEER AND AVIATOR. *TT
179052004-09-23. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. MULTIPLE VEHICLES USING FEHP REAR AXLE FLUID. FLUID USAGE CHANGE. *TT
041052004-09-07. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL. AXLE SEAL LEAKS. LEAKS FROM REAR HALFSHAFT AXLE SEAL. SERVICE TIPS. *TT
177362004-07-24. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR AXLE NOISE. *TT
177172004-07-24. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR AXLE CHATTER, SHUDDER, BINDING SENSATION, OR VIBRATION DURING LOW SPEED TURNS. *TT
176412004-06-22. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR 3.55 AXLE NOISE. CERTIFIED REAR AXLE OR IMPROVED GEAR SET AVAILABLE. *TT
04B152004-05-22. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR AXLE DATE CODE INSPECTION AND SERVICE. VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH AN IMPROPER MIX OF REAR AXLE LUBRICANT AND FRICTION MODIFIER ADDITIVE. IF SO, THE CUSTOMER MAY EXPERIENCE NOISE AND VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING. *TT *MJ
031982003-11-15. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. CHATTER, SHUDDER, A BINDING SENSATION, OR VIBRATION DURING LOW SPEED TURNS ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 9.75 INCH OR 8.8 INCH LIMITED SLIP REAR AXLE. *TT
169492003-11-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR AXLE VIBRATION/DRONE ABOVE 60 MPH. *TT
170542003-10-10. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AXLE WHINE AT CRUISE OR DURING ACCELERATION/ DECELERATION. *TT
167542003-09-09. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. EXCESSIVE WHINE NOISE FROM THE REAR AXLE AT CRUISE, OR ON ACCELERATION AND/OR DECELERATION. *TT
01862001-05-22. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. ON SOME VEHICLES, INCLUDING SPORT AND SPORT TRAC, THE FRONT AXLE LEAKS FLUID FROM THE VENT TUBE. *TT

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