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Ford Escape 2009–2012technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB-14-0056 · NHTSA communication 10055321 · issued Mar 14, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2009–2012
model years
12
vehicle entries

Official summary

Mercury/ford: on some vehicles, there is a fluid leakage, coming from left hand (lh) halfshaft seal of the automatic transmission and a service kit is available now, for repair. Model 2009-2012 escape, mariner, fusion, milan. *pe

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.