{"nhtsa_id":10189764,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2021-04-03","date":"2021-03-01","document_id":"21B13","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Certain 2017-2019 Model Year Explorer Vehicles Rear Wheel Knuckle and Toe Link Replacement This program is a proactive investigation by Ford Motor Company to obtain field parts for testing. Ford is voluntarily conducting this program to replace both rear toe links and wheel knuckles on vehicles always registered and always residing in the Detroit (and Toronto) area. The replacement toe links and knuckles being installed contain no enhancements and are identical to the parts being removed. It is very important that parts obtained from this program be returned to Ford for this study","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10189764-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10189764-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10189764","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":2017,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["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":[]}