{"nhtsa_id":10233849,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-04-06","date":"2023-03-01","document_id":"23B08","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Certain 2023 Model Year Explorer, Bronco, Ranger Vehicles Equipped with 2.3L Gas Engine In all of the affected vehicles, a damaged tool used during the engine block machining process may have allowed the main oil galley to exceed specification, resulting in an insufficient seal of the main oil galley plug. An insufficient seal at the main oil galley plug may result in an oil leak from the engine block.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10233849-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10233849-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10233849","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"BRONCO","year_from":2023,"year_to":2023,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2023_ford_bronco"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":2023,"year_to":2023,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2023_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"RANGER","year_from":2023,"year_to":2023,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2023_ford_ranger"]}],"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":[]}