Ford Explorer 2025 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 54936 · NHTSA communication 11033909 · issued Jun 15, 2026
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2025
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2025 Explorer Platinum vehicles may exhibit a chirp sound instead of a horn honk when locking or remote starting the vehicle. This is intended operation after a recent over-the-air (OTA) update that enabled the open on approach feature. No diagnostics or repairs should be performed 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.