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Ford C-Max 2013–2014technical service bulletin

Bulletin ASI-44699 · NHTSA communication 10057040 · issued Sep 1, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Exterior Lighting
component
2013–2014
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Ford: once vehicle has set for a while, body control module (bcm) goes to deep sleep mode, dimmer setting will revert back to bright and bcm would need to be reprogram bcm to latest calibration. Model 2014 escape, focus, 2013-14 c-max. *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.