Ford Explorer 1996 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 00234 · NHTSA communication 616515 · issued Nov 13, 2000
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
1996
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles may exhibit a malfunction indicator lamp (mil) illumination along with a p0420 diagnostic trouble code (dtc) stored in continuous memory with no driveability concerns. *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.