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Ford Explorer 2002technical service bulletin

Bulletin 16688 · NHTSA communication 10001939 · issued Mar 1, 2003

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Visibility
component
2002
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Back glass hinge rattling/looseness, glass misalignment and/or glass hard-to-close. *tt *jb

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.