Ford Explorer 2011–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 46400 · NHTSA communication 10095849 · issued Feb 22, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2011–2015
model years
10
vehicle entries
Official summary
2011-2015 explorer and mkt vehicles requiring replacement of right front axle shaft no longer require installation of the center support bearing heat shield(7f469). The heat shield can be discarded.
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.