{"nhtsa_id":637843,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2002-12-06","date":"2002-05-01","document_id":"15936","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES EQUPPED WITH 4.0L ENGINE AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MAY EXHIBIT A ROUGH IDLE, LOW SPEED ENGINE QUIT, HESITATION ON COLD ENGINE TIP-IN AND / OR HESITATION DURING A 5-3 DONWSHIFT. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/637843","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER SPORT","year_from":2001,"year_to":2002,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2001_ford_explorer","2002_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER SPORT TRAC","year_from":2001,"year_to":2002,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2001_ford_explorer-sport-trac","2002_ford_explorer-sport-trac"]}],"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":[]}