Ford Explorer Sport Trac 2003–2004 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 17291 · NHTSA communication 10004933 · issued Oct 1, 2003
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2003–2004
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Scraping noise from the right rear axle area usually while turning left. *tt
Vehicles covered
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.