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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: Transmission and driveline are shown. Show all

Bulletins, newest first
170542003-10-10. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. AXLE WHINE AT CRUISE OR DURING ACCELERATION/ DECELERATION. *TT
170502003-10-10. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. TCIL FLASHING WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0741 AND/OR NOISE FROM THE CONVERTER HOUSING. *TT
168062003-09-10. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. FLUID LEAKS FROM THE REAR HALFSHAFT SEAL. 2002-2003 EXPLORER/MOUNTAINEER/AVIATOR ADDED. *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
168982003-09-08. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. A WHINE NOISE ON TIP-IN AT SPEEDS OF 45 TO 65 MPH. THIS MAY BE DUE TO DRIVELINE STACK-UP TOLERANCE WITH THE DRIVESHAFT AND REAR AXLE. *TT
168832003-09-08. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. TCIL FLASHING WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0741 (TCC SLIPPAGE DETECTED) AND/OR NOISE FROM THE TORQUE CONVERTER HOUSING. *TT
166402003-09-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE. REAR DRIVELINE PING/CREAK/POP NOISE. *TT
167082003-07-28. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. AN AUDIBLE CREAK / CLICK / POP (NOT A CLUNK) FROM THE REAR DRIVELINE. *TT *JB
167022003-07-28. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). 4X4 CONTROL MODULE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE ISSUES. *TT *JB
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.