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Ford Explorer 2024technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 52348 · NHTSA communication 10251958 · issued Mar 11, 2024

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2024
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

2024 Explorer/Aviator vehicle key fobs are shipped from the factory zip tied together. If the vehicle does not come with the key fob pairs zip tied together at transport delivery to the dealership, validate that both key fobs work. If both key fobs do not work or if only one key fob is present when vehicle is recieved at transport delivery to the dealership, a claim must be made using the Delivery App, or delivery receipt/ePOD process. This is not a warrantable item as per the warranty policy manual section 2.1.00. Note that zip tied key fobs might not allow the Passive Entry feature to functi

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.