Ford Explorer 2025 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 52916 · NHTSA communication 11007971 · issued Sep 19, 2024
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
2025
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2025 Explorer 2.3L vehicles may exhibit a failure to communicate with state emissions testing equipment due to equipment that has not been updated to be compatible with the new testing protocols.
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.