{"nhtsa_id":10177709,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2020-08-04","date":"2020-07-17","document_id":"SSM 49002","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Some 2020 Explorer vehicles equipped with a 2.3L EcoBoost engine and built on or before 10-Jan-2020 may exhibit various transmission concerns requiring either disassembly and repair or complete transmission replacement. When performing transmission service, inspect the transmission oil cooler. If the cooler is not equipped with a support bracket fastened to the transmission bellhousing, replace the transmission oil cooler. Refer to TSB 20-2086 for part information and additional details.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10177709-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10177709-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10177709","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","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":[]}