{"nhtsa_id":10176948,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2020-07-07","date":"2020-06-16","document_id":"SSM 48900","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Some 2020 Explorer vehicles equipped with a leather wrapped steering wheel may exhibit the leather covering becoming untucked or separating from the steering wheel. The leather may be able to be re-adhered to the steering wheel. Steering wheel replacement may not be necessary. Refer to Workshop Manual (WSM), Section 211-04 Steering Column > General Procedures > Steering Wheel Cover Repair for the updated repair procedure. It is not necessary to remove the steering wheel to perform this procedure.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10176948-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10176948-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10176948","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":2020,"year_to":2020,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2020_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":[]}