Ford Explorer 2002–2005 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 042212 · NHTSA communication 10013398 · issued Nov 15, 2004
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2002–2005
model years
8
vehicle entries
Official summary
Gear selector lever - increased effort to shift from drive to park. *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.