Ford Explorer 1999 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 996843 · NHTSA communication 608786 · issued Aug 1, 1999
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
1999
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Information pertaining to vehicles equipped with manual a/c controls built between 7/26/99 through 8/5/99 may have a/c control knobs that have been scuffed, scratched or damaged on the outer surfaces during assembly. *tt
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.