{"nhtsa_id":10169895,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2020-01-07","date":"2019-12-20","document_id":"TSB 19-2389","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Some 2013-2019 Explorer vehicles equipped with a 3.5L twin independent variable camshaft timing (Ti-VCT) engine may exhibit an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) with diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) P013A and/or P013C stored in the powertrain control module (PCM). This may be due to an improperly welded exhaust Y-pipe. To correct the condition, follow the Service Procedure to replace the exhaust Y-pipe.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10169895-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10169895-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10169895","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":["P013A","P013C"],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":2013,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_ford_explorer","2014_ford_explorer","2015_ford_explorer","2016_ford_explorer","2017_ford_explorer","2018_ford_explorer","2019_ford_explorer"]}],"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":[]}