{"nhtsa_id":10240578,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-08-11","date":"2023-08-01","document_id":"SSM 51824","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"2020-2023 Explorer non-hybrid vehicles equipped with a 3.0L EcoBoost or 3.3L Duratec engine and 2020-2023 Aviator non-hybrid vehicles equipped with a 3.0L EcoBoost engine may exhibit an exhaust rattle requiring replacement of the left or right exhaust flexible pipe (5G203). The updated part locates the flexible joint portion of the pipe closer toward the catalytic converter than the originally equipped part. This is due to a design change with these replacement components which will not cause any functional issues with the vehicle.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10240578-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10240578-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10240578","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null},{"id":"fuel-system","name":"Fuel system","parent":null},{"id":"catalytic-converter","name":"Catalytic converter","parent":"exhaust-emissions"},{"id":"exhaust-pipe","name":"Exhaust manifold, pipes and muffler","parent":"exhaust-emissions"},{"id":"fuel-tank","name":"Fuel tank","parent":"fuel-system"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":2020,"year_to":2023,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2020_ford_explorer","2021_ford_explorer","2022_ford_explorer","2023_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"AVIATOR","year_from":2020,"year_to":2023,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2020_lincoln_aviator","2021_lincoln_aviator","2022_lincoln_aviator","2023_lincoln_aviator"]}],"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":[]}