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Ford Explorer 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 13811 · NHTSA communication 612827 · issued Jan 1, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2000
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles equipped with 5.0l/4r70w transmission may exhibit a transmission fluid leak at the radiator cooler line fitting. *mjs

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.