Ford Explorer 2025 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 52814 · NHTSA communication 11006843 · issued Aug 22, 2024
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
2025
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
2025 Explorer/Aviator vehicles equipped with Vapor Blue (Explorer)/Whisper Blue Metallic (Aviator) exterior paint are equipped with a Titanium engine compartment and under hood finish, which may appear to be primer or unfinished.
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.