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Ford Escape 2013technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB-12-12-12 · NHTSA communication 10052116 · issued Dec 22, 2012

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2013
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Ford: the exterior door handle will either binds, sticks or fails to return properly and gets worse when weather is colder. Models 2013 escape. *pe

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.