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Ford Fusion 2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 45984 · NHTSA communication 10092409 · issued Aug 9, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2017
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2017 fusion se fleet vehicles equipped with sync may have a right side instrument cluster display which is blank and does not respond to inputs from the steering wheel controls. This is a normal condition. For fleet vehicles, equipped with this build combination, the instrument cluster is not configurable and will not respond to inputs from the steering wheel controls. Do not attempt to make repairs for this condition.

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.