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Ford Explorer 1996technical service bulletin

Bulletin 00264 · NHTSA communication 616829 · issued Dec 25, 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.