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Ford C-Max 2010–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 47080 · NHTSA communication 10136597 · issued Feb 14, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2010–2018
model years
60
vehicle entries

Official summary

2010-2018 various vehicles equipped with SYNC or SYNC 3 may not function when attempting to find or use the Spotify app via AppLink. As of an update released on 1/15/2018 Spotify will no longer be supporting their AppLink integration. No repair attempts should be attempted to correct this concern.

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.