{"nhtsa_id":52329,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1997-07-24","date":"1997-03-01","document_id":"96E57","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"EMISSIONS RECALL 96E57 - CERTAIN 1996 EXPLORERS EQUIPPED WITH THE 4.0L ENGINES AND BUILT AT THE LOUISVILLE ASSEMBLY PLANT ON 11/18/95 AND CERTAIN 1997 EXPLORERS EQUIPPED WITH THE 4.0L ENGINES AND BUILT AT THE LOUISVILLE ASSEMBLY PLANT FROM START OF 1997 PRODUCTION THROUGH 8/14/96 WERE BUILT AND SHIPPED WITH INCORRECT VAPOR MANAGEMENT VALVES INSTALLED IN THE EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS CONTROL SYSTEM - INCORRECT VALVES MAY CAUSE THE VEHICLES TO EXCEED EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS STANDARDS - TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION, OWNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED TO RETURN THEIR EXPLORERS FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE VAPOR MANAGEMENT VALVE. *TW","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/52329","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":1996,"year_to":1997,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_ford_explorer","1997_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":[]}