{"nhtsa_id":10054961,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2014-03-18","date":"2013-12-01","document_id":"ASI-44333","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"FORD: DUE TO EXCESSIVE LUBE LOSS FROM PTU, OR INTERNAL PTU FAILURE, SOME TRUCKS, WILL EXPERIENCE CONTAMINATION OR SLUDGING OF PTU LUBE, RESULTING IN AN INCREASED INTERNAL LUBE TEMPERATURE. MODEL 2011-2014 EXPLORER, TAURUS SHO. *PE","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10054961","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":2011,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_ford_explorer","2012_ford_explorer","2013_ford_explorer","2014_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"POLICE INTERCEPTOR SEDAN","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"FORD","model":"POLICE INTERCEPTOR UTILIT","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"FORD","model":"TAURUS","year_from":2011,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_ford_taurus","2012_ford_taurus","2013_ford_taurus","2014_ford_taurus"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}