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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| 19091 | 2006-04-29. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATION/WARNING, A/C COMPRESSOR INOPERATIVE AND/OR NO CRANK CONDITION ON 4.6L EQUIPPED VEHICLES. *TT |
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| 18381 | 2005-04-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. OPEN FUSE F2.20 (5 AMP) AND/OR F2.1 (30 AMP) WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF FUNCTION OF SEVERAL SYSTEMS INCLUDING POWER SEATS, ADJUSTABLE PEDALS AND POWER DOOR LOCKS. *TT |
| 04174 | 2005-04-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ILLUMINATED - SYSTEM LEAN DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTC'S) - SERVICE TIPS. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING 2004 F-SERIES. *TT |
| 18171 | 2005-01-18. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY. NO CRANK/NO START CONDITION WHEN VEHICLE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW FREEZING (32F/0C). *TT |
| 04111 | 2004-07-24. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. STREAMLINED DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE FOR VEHICLES WITH MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ON AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) P0401, P0402, P1400 OR P1401. ADDITIONAL SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE RUNS ROUGH, LACKS POWER, SURGE, POOR FUEL ECONOMY. *TT |
| 0471 | 2004-07-23. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. WARNING INDICATORS-PARKING AID-REVERSE SENSING SYSTEM (RSS) AND FORWARD SENSING SYSTEM (FSS)-FALSE ACTIVATION OF WARNING TONE-SERVICE TIPS. *MJ UPDATE. *TT |
| 17375 | 2004-07-23. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ON AND HARD START/LONG CRANK. *TT |
| 17558 | 2004-07-22. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. INTERMITTENT AIR BAG WARNING LAMP ON, MEMORY SEAT, AND/OR ADJUSTABLE PEDAL CONCERNS. *MJ |
| 17280 | 2004-01-21. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR. GENERATOR WHISTLE/HOOT NOISE IN COLD AMBIENT TEMPERATURES. *TT |
| 17246 | 2004-01-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LOCKING UP AND ACCESSORIES SUCH AS THE RADIO, POWER WINDOWS, POWER LOCKS AND MOONROOF INOPERATIVE. *TT |
| 03181 | 2003-11-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY (RKE) - SERVICE TIPS. *TT |
| 17002 | 2003-11-05. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. AN INTERMITTENT OR CONTINUOUS OPEN OF FUSE 1.15. *TT |
| 16967 | 2003-11-05. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. CLUSTER LOCKING UP & VARIOUS ACCESSORIES SUCH AS THE RADIO, POWER WINDOWS, POWER LOCKS AND MOONROOF BEING INOPERATIVE. *TT |
| 03136 | 2003-10-29. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. NO CRANK CONDITION. SERVICE TIPS. *TT |
| 17011 | 2003-10-09. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ILLUMINATED AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTC'S) P0171, P0172, P0174, OR P0175. *TT |
| 16665 | 2003-09-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. BLINKING/HALF ILLUMINATED SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS) AND/OR ANTI-LOCK BRAKE (ABS) WARNING INDICATORS AFTER COLD SOAK DURING AMBIENT TEMPERATURES COLDER THAN 30 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. *TT |
| 16617 | 2003-09-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS. OPEN F2.20 5 AMP FUSE WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF FUNCTION OF SEVERAL SYSTEMS INCLUDING POWER SEATS, ADJUSTABLE PEDALS AND POWER DOOR LOCKS. *TT |
| 16703 | 2003-07-28. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. BATTERY LIGHT ON OR AN ALTERNATOR THAT IS NOT CHARGING. *TT *JB |
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