Ford Escape 2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB18-2099 · NHTSA communication 10137077 · issued Mar 26, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2017
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2017 Escape vehicles built on or before 1-Sep-2017 may exhibit a manual liftgate that is difficult to close or a power liftgate that exhibits bounce back and/or will not cinch. Follow the Service Procedure steps to correct 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.