Ford Explorer Sport 2001 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 14469 · NHTSA communication 620459 · issued Jan 1, 2000
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
component
2001
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Certain 4x4s exhibiting a consistent squealing noise from front brakes when brakes are applied. Occurs with light brake pedal pressure and goes away with more pressure. *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.