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Ford Ecosport 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 47249 · NHTSA communication 10137139 · issued Apr 19, 2018

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

Official summary

Some 2018 EcoSport vehicles equipped with remote start may exhibit an intermittent remote start/stall condition during the first remote start attempt. The vehicle should remote start normally after the second attempt. Do not attempt any repairs at this time. Engineering is investigating, 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.