{"nhtsa_id":11032266,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2026-05-06","date":"2026-05-01","document_id":"TSB 26-2200","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EXTERIOR LIGHTING; UNKNOWN OR OTHER","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Some of the vehicles listed in the Model statement above may exhibit an inoperative dark car mode. The vehicle may exhibit at least one of the following features remaining functional when dark car mode is enabled: * Illuminated odometer, compass, outside air temperature, audio/phone display. * Illuminated main message center display area. * Courtesy lighting * Welcome/farewell animation * Night lock indicator * Passenger airbag disable (PAD) indicator dims to minimum brightness * Locking flash/horn feedback This may be due to the software in the body control module (BCM) and the accessory protocol interface module (APIM).","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2026/MC-11032266-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2026/MC-11032266-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/11032266","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"lighting","name":"Lighting","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":2025,"year_to":2025,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2025_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":[]}