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Ford Explorer 2002technical service bulletin

Bulletin 14866 · NHTSA communication 619336 · issued Apr 1, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2002
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles equipped with 5r55w transmission may exhibit various firm and / or soft shifts. *tt

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.