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Ford Transit 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 47085 · NHTSA communication 10136601 · issued Feb 16, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2018
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2018 Transit vehicles equipped with a 3.2L diesel built on or after 01-Nov-2017 may indicate a blank PCM when connected to the Ford Integrated Diagnostic System (IDS) or Ford J2534 Diagnostic Software (FJDS). Follow the IDS prompts to recover the PCM. This may take several attempts. Do not replace the PCM. Engineering is investigating the issue. Please monitor OASIS for updates.

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.