{"nhtsa_id":10226952,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2022-12-02","date":"2022-11-04","document_id":"21R02","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION; UNKNOWN OR OTHER; SUSPENSION:FRONT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Certain 2011 - 2013 Model Year Explorer Vehicles with Rear Wheel Knuckles that have been Replaced Rear Toe Link Inspection/Replacement Under Safety Recall 21S43, some of the affected vehicles that have had one (or both) rear wheel knuckle(s) replaced and were sold or operated in certain traditional corrosion areas where road salt is used extensively during winter months, may experience a seized toe link ball joint resulting in a fracture of the outboard section of the rear suspension toe link","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10226952-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10226952-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10226952","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":2011,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_ford_explorer","2012_ford_explorer","2013_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":[]}