{"nhtsa_id":10241601,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-09-03","date":"2023-08-24","document_id":"SSM 51881","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"2020-2023 Explorer non-hybrid vehicles and 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 built on or before 01-Jan-2023 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-10241601-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10241601-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10241601","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"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":[]}