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Service bulletins for the 2016 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.

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

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SSM 460222017-02-23. Service bulletin. STEERING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. WHEN HOOKING UP THE VEHICLE COMMUNICATION MODULE (VCM) AND INTEGRATED DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM (IDS) TO THE DLC LOCATED ON THE DRIVER SIDE UNDER THE STEERING COLUMN AT THE GWM, MAKE SURE THAT THE IGNITION IS OFF BEFORE CONNECTING TO IDS. IF THE IGNITION IS ON OR THE ENGINE IS RUNNING DURING THE HOOK UP, IT CAN RESULT IN VARIOUS WARNING LIGHTS BEING ILLUMINATED WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS), NO START OR NO CRANK CONDITIONS OR THE CLUSTER INOPERATIVE. FOR LINCOLN VEHICLES, THIS INFORMATION IS NOW LISTED IN THE TECHNICAL INSPECTION AND POST ROAD TEST SECTIONS OF EPDI ON THE PTS WEBSITE. IF A VEHICLE DISPLAYS THESE ISSUES, DISCONNECT THE EQUIPMENT FROM THE DLC AND REINSTALL WITH THE IGNITION OFF. CLEAR ANY DTCS PRESENT AND RETEST.
SSM 459452017-02-13. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SOME 2016 F150, MUSTANG AND EXPLORER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 3.5L GTDI, 2.3L GTDI OR 2.7L GTDI ENGINE BUILT ON OR BEFORE 4/15/2016, AND EQUIPPED WITH ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION (ANC) OR ENGINE SOUND ENHANCEMENT (ESE), MAY EXHIBIT NO AUDIO AND/OR DISPLAY AN AUDIO OFF OR LOADING MESSAGE AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE. REPROGRAM THE AUDIO CONTROL MODULE (ACM) TO THE LATEST CALIBRATION USING IDS RELEASE 101.03 OR HIGHER. MAKE SURE YOU ARE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET WHEN ENTERING MODULE PROGRAMMING TO OBTAIN THE LATEST UPDATES. CALIBRATION FILES MAY ALSO BE OBTAINED AT WWW.MOTORCRAFTSERVICE.COM. USE CAUSAL PART NUMBER 18C869 AND APPLICABLE LABOR OPERATIONS IN SECTION 10 OF THE SLTS MANUAL.
SSM 459322017-02-11. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE. SOME 2016 EXPLORER VEHICLES BUILT ON OR BEFORE 5/8/2016 MAY EXHIBIT A NOISE FROM THE ELECTRIC COOLING FANS, MOST NOTICEABLE RIGHT AFTER THE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF AS THEY SPIN DOWN TO A STOP. IF THE NOISE CAN BE PINPOINTED TO THE COOLING FAN MOTOR, REPLACE THE COOLING FAN ASSEMBLY WITH APPLICABLE UPDATED SERVICE PARTS. DA8Z-8C607-B REPLACED DA8Z-8C607-A, DG1Z-8C607-E REPLACED DG1Z-8C607-D, DG1Z-8C607-F REPLACED DG1Z-8C607-A, DB5Z-8C607-D REPLACED DB5Z-8C607-C. REFER TO WORKSHOP MANUAL (WSM,) SECTION 303-03. USE AVAILABLE SERVICE LABOR TIMES IN SECTION 08.
TSB16-00962017-02-10. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SOME 2016 EXPLORER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH FRONT PARKING AID AND BUILT ON OR BEFORE 5/10/2016 MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT FRONT PARKING AID FAULT IN THE MESSAGE CENTER THAT MAY OR MAY NOT INCLUDE DTCS IN THE PARKING AID MODULE (PAM). THIS MAY BE DUE TO WATER INTRUSION INTO THE FRONT BUMPER WIRE HARNESS. FOLLOW THE SERVICE PROCEDURE STEPS TO CORRECT THE CONDITION.
TSB-16-00932016-09-24. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SOME 2016 F-150, EXPEDITION, NAVIGATOR, TRANSIT, EDGE, FLEX AND EXPLORER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 3.5L TWIN INDEPENDENT VARIABLE CAM TIMING (TI-VCT) OR A 3.5L GASOLINE TURBOCHARGED DIRECT INJECTION (GTDI) ENGINE WITH LESS THAN 3200 KM (2000 MILES) MAY EXHIBIT AN ILLUMINATED MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) P0011, P0015, P0016, P0017, P0018, P0019, P0021 AND/OR P0025 STORED IN THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) MEMORY.
TSB-16-00902016-09-23. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST. SOME 2016 EXPLORER AND MKX VEHICLES BUILT ON OR BEFORE 3/11/2016 MAY EXHIBIT A MEMORY SEAT THAT DOES NOT RETURN TO THE PROGRAMMED POSITION WHEN PRESSING THE MEMORY SEAT SWITCH OR PROGRAMMED INTELLIGENT ACCESS (IA) KEY; AND/OR EASY ENTRY/EXIT FUNCTION THAT DOES NOT RETURN TO THE PREVIOUS SEAT POSITION.

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