Ford Explorer 2016–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 46195 · NHTSA communication 10095989 · issued Nov 11, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2016–2017
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
2017 explorer and 2016 taurus vehicles built on or after 9-jun-2016 no longer have the fuel filler pipe information bezel attached to the fuel filler pipe. The bezel was removed to comply with fuel pump vapor recovery equipment requirements and should not be considered missing. The addition of the information bezel to units built on or after 9-jun-2016 should not be done.
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.