Ford Escape 2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 45967 · NHTSA communication 10092401 · issued Aug 3, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2016 escape vehicles equipped with 2.0l engine may exhibit no transmission upshift after a downshift event with cruise control on. Engineering is currently investigating this concern. No repairs should be performed for this concern at this time. Customers can continue to use cruise control. Temporarily cycling the cruise control off until the transmission returns to 6th gear will allow cruise control operation in high gear until the next downshift event. To assist with the investigation use the report a vehicle concern link at the bottom of the oasis report and submit a global concern rep
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.