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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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172762004-01-20. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. A POPPING OR CREAKING NOISE THAT APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM THE FRONT EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. *TT
172462004-01-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LOCKING UP AND ACCESSORIES SUCH AS THE RADIO, POWER WINDOWS, POWER LOCKS AND MOONROOF INOPERATIVE. *TT
172172003-11-18. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. AIR CONDITIONER HOOTING NOISE DURING LIGHT LOAD ACCELERATION AT LOW SPEEDS, FROM 1000-1300 RPM. *TT
172162003-11-18. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS. BREAKAGE OF A LIFTGATE WINDOW HINGE. *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
171672003-11-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. MULTIPLE VEHICLES WITH 3.0L OR 4.0L ENGINES LACKS POWER/RUNS ROUGH/BLACK SMOKE. 2004 SPORT TRAC INCLUDED. *TT
171072003-11-17. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE. DRIVELINE VIBRATION ON DRONE/BOOM AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TT
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
031812003-11-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY (RKE) - SERVICE TIPS. *TT
170022003-11-05. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. AN INTERMITTENT OR CONTINUOUS OPEN OF FUSE 1.15. *TT
169712003-11-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. A FLUID LEAK COMING FROM WITHIN THE CONVERTER HOUSING ON VEHICLES WITH 5R55S TRANSMISSION. *TT
169682003-11-05. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. DRIVEABILITY CONDITIONS DUE TO CALIBRATION VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 4.0L SOHC ENGINE. IDLE AIR CONTROL (IAC) VALVE REPLACEMENT FOR THESE SYMPTOMS IS TYPICALLY NOT EFFECTIVE. *TT
169672003-11-05. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. CLUSTER LOCKING UP & VARIOUS ACCESSORIES SUCH AS THE RADIO, POWER WINDOWS, POWER LOCKS AND MOONROOF BEING INOPERATIVE. *TT
169492003-11-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. REAR AXLE VIBRATION/DRONE ABOVE 60 MPH. *TT
169292003-11-04. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. ROUGHNESS/ROLLING RPM WHEN RETURNING TO IDLE (I.E., COMING TO A STOP) AFTER A SHORT TRIP. *TT
031482003-10-29. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES. NEW TRANSMISSION COOLER FLUSHER - SERVICE TIPS. 2003 ESCORT AND SUPER DUTY F SERIES INCLUDED. *TT
031442003-10-29. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE MISFIRE OR ROUGH RUNNING CONDITION WITH COIL ON PLUG (COP) IGNITION SYSTEMS MAY BE MORE ACCURATELY DIAGNOSED USING THE OPTIONAL WORLDWIDE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM (WDS) COIL ON PLUG (COP) KIT. 2003 SUPER DUTY F SERIES INCLUDED. *TT
031362003-10-29. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. NO CRANK CONDITION. SERVICE TIPS. *TT
170692003-10-10. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ROUGH/ROLLING IDLE OR HESITATION AFTER FIRST STARTUP OR A ROUGH/ROLLING ENGINE SPEED WHEN RETURNING TO IDLE AFTER A SHORT TRIP. *TT
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
170492003-10-10. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ROUGH IDLE / ENGINE SHAKE. *TT
170112003-10-09. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ILLUMINATED AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTC'S) P0171, P0172, P0174, OR P0175. *TT
031642003-10-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. SOME VEHICLES, EQUIPPED WITH THE 4.6L 2V ENGINE, WITH AN ENGINE BUILD DATE PRIOR TO 8/29/03 MAY EXHIBIT AN ENGINE TICK NOISE THAT IS PRESENT AT ALL TEMPERATURES DURING IDLE. 2004 MODELS INCLUDED. *TT
03982003-09-17. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ILLUMINATION WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0442, P0455, P0456, P0457, P1442 OR CHECK FUEL CAP LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0457. *TT

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