{"nhtsa_id":616829,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-03-13","date":"2000-12-25","document_id":"00264","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ILLUMINATION ALONG WITH A P0420 DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) STORED IN CONTINUOUS MEMORY WITH NO DRIVEABILITY CONCERNS. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/616829","components":[],"codes":["P0420"],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":1996,"year_to":1996,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_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":[]}