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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 464122017-03-20. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE. SOME 2007-2016 EDGE/MKX/FLEX/MKT/MKZ/MKS/TAURUS/TAURUS POLICE/EXPLORER/EXPLORER POLICE EQUIPPED WITH ALL WHEEL DRIVE (AWD) AND BUILT ON OR BEFORE 30-JUN-2016 MAY EXHIBIT A TICKING AND/OR KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVELINE AREA. TO IDENTIFY THIS NOISE, REFER TO WORKSHOP MANUAL (WSM), SECTION 100-04, AND FOLLOW THE SYMPTOM CHART. IF THE SOURCE OF THE NOISE IS IDENTIFIED AS THE PTU AND/OR INTERNAL TO THE PTU, DISASSEMBLE PTU ASSEMBLY. REFER TO UPDATED WSM, SECTION 308-07. IF THE PTU IS DETERMINED TO BE REPAIRABLE, UTILIZE KIT GB5Z-7P258-A AND THE INCLUDED INSTRUCTION SHEET. FOR CLAIMING, USE CAUSAL PART 7P258 AND APPLICABLE LABOR OPERATIONS IN SECTION 07 OF THE SERVICE LABOR TIME STANDARDS (SLTS) MANUAL.
SSM 463382017-03-15. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; STRUCTURE:BODY; EQUIPMENT. SOME 2016-2017 EXPLORER POLICE UTILITY VEHICLES MAY HAVE AN ILLUMINATED MIL WITH AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE SENSOR DTC P0073. DURING THE INSTALLATION OF CERTAIN POLICE ACCESSORIES BY NON-FORD VEHICLE UPFITTERS, WIRING CONNECTOR C134 MAY HAVE BEEN LEFT DISCONNECTED FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION OF THE FRONT BUMPER COVER. IF THIS ISSUE IS NOTED, FIRST CHECK C134 BEFORE BEGINNING OTHER DIAGNOSTIC STEPS. RECONNECTING C134 DUE TO IMPROPER REASSEMBLY BY AN OUTSIDE SUPPLIER IS NOT A WARRANTABLE REPAIR.
TSB16-01022017-02-21. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE; EQUIPMENT. SOME 2016 EXPLORER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE HANDS-FREE POWER LIFTGATE AND WITHOUT TRAILER TOW PACKAGE MAY EXHIBIT A LIFTGATE THAT OPENS WHILE WALKING NEXT TO THE REAR BUMPER. THIS MAY BE DUE TO THE SOFTWARE SENSITIVITY IN THE HANDS-FREE LIFTGATE ACTUATION MODULE. FOLLOW THE SERVICE PROCEDURE STEPS TO CORRECT THE CONDITION.
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 458802017-02-09. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ENGINE. 2013-2017 EXPLORER, TAURUS, MKS EXHAUST STUDS NOT MISSING
16B32-S12017-02-09. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. CERTAIN 2015 MODEL YEAR EDGE, 2015-2016 MODEL YEAR F-150, MKT, AND POLICE INTERCEPTOR SEDAN, AND 2016 MODEL YEAR ESCAPE, EXPLORER, FLEX, FUSION, MKX, MUSTANG, POLICE INTERCEPTOR UTILITY, TAURUS, AND TRANSIT VEHICLES - ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY REPLACEMENT
TSB 16-01412017-02-04. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. SOME 2016 EXPLORER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH FRONT PARKING AID AND BUILT ON OR BEFORE 10-MAY-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 TSB 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.
ASI-451792016-06-22. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
APU-15-A-012016-06-22. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; EQUIPMENT. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
15-01562016-06-22. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
SB-15A012015-11-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. 2016 FORD EXPLORER: TSB CONTAINS AN OWNER'S NOTIFICATION LETTER. SELECT DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON BELOW. THE SYNC 911 ASSIST FEATURE CAN'T BE ACTIVATED USING THE PROCEDURE LISTED IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL DUE TO IMPROPER CONFIGURATION AT THE PLANT *CN

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