{"nhtsa_id":11031621,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2026-04-28","date":"2026-04-21","document_id":"SSM 54760","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; UNKNOWN OR OTHER","mfr_system":"key fob","summary":"2025-2026 Explorer/Aviator vehicles are no longer equipped with light emitting diode (LED) confirmation on the vehicles key fob indicating that the vehicle has remote started (or not remote started). Factory key fobs with remote start no longer contain an LED feedback indicator. Do not replace the key fob for this condition. This is a normal operating characteristic and no service action is necessary.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2026/MC-11031621-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2026/MC-11031621-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/11031621","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":2025,"year_to":2026,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2025_ford_explorer","2026_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"AVIATOR","year_from":2025,"year_to":2026,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2025_lincoln_aviator","2026_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":[]}