Ford Transit 2015–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 46219 · NHTSA communication 10096000 · issued Nov 23, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2015–2017
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2015-2017 low roof transit vehicles built on or before 30-sep-2016 and upfitted with a roof rack may exhibit interior roof bow bracket to side panel separation. During repair, in addition to renewing the original spot welds with metal inert gas (mig) plug welds, mig skip weld the entire perimeter of the horizontal bracket tabs to the side panel. Mig skip welding is required to avoid excessive heat during the welding process. After finishing operations and painting, restore corrosion protection following the applicable workshop manual (wsm) guidelines in section 501-25. The roof rack shoul
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.