Ford Explorer 2025 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 53895 · NHTSA communication 11019653 · issued Jun 12, 2025
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Vehicle Speed Control
component
2025
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
2025 Explorer/Police Interceptor Utility non-hybrid vehicles built on or after 05-Mar-2025 and 2025 Aviator vehicles built on or after 24-Apr-2025 are no longer equipped with the passenger side underbody air deflector. The vehicle is not misbuilt. Do not submit a claim for this condition.
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.