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Service bulletins for the 2012 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.

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

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SSM-458212016-08-30. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. SIRI EYES FREE FUNCTIONAL ISSUES USING BLUETOOTH AND APPLE IOS 9.2 AND 9.2.1
TSB-14-01752015-08-01. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. FORD/LINCOLN: THE AMBIENT LIGHTING ON LINCOLN (MYLINCOLN TOUCH) VEHICLES WILL DEFAULT TO WHITE AND ON FORD (MYFORD TOUCH) VEHICLES WILL DEFAULT TO ICE BLUE AFTER THE IGNITION SWITCH CYCLE. *PE
APU-12A042013-04-09. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. FORD: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. A SOFTWARE UPGRADE IS AVAILABLE FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES. MODELS 2012-2013 EDGE, EXPLORER, MKX, FOCUS, ESCAPE, FLEX, FUSION, TAURUS, MKS, MKT, F-150. *PE UPDATED 5/10/13. *PE UPDATED 9/17/13. *PE
CSP-12B36-1-22012-08-04. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. FORD: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. THE ENGINE COOLING FAN MOTORS WOULD BE INOPERATIVE DUE TO CONTAMINATION BUILD UP ON ELECTRICAL CONTACTS WHICH CAN CAUSE ENGINE TO HAVE REDUCED POWER. *PE
APU-11A022012-08-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. FORD/LINCOLN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. INFORMATION PROVIDED REGARDING UPGRADE OF TOUCH SOFTWARE TO IMPROVE OVERALL SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY AND TO SIMPLIFY SCREENS. *PE UPDATED 8/3/12. *PE UPDATED 8/17/12. *PE UPDATED 4/5/13. *PE

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