Ford Explorer 1999–2000 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 13563 · NHTSA communication 610933 · issued Nov 1, 1999
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Air Bags
component
1999–2000
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles may exhibit an air bag lamp on with side air bag diagnostic trouble codes b1994 and b1998 in self test. Engineering has released a robust overlay harness to install on vehicles that come in for this issue. *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.