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Ford Escape 2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB 18-2247 · NHTSA communication 10144914 · issued Aug 17, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2017
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2017 Escape vehicles equipped with a 1.5L EcoBoost engine and built on or before 1 Feb 2017 may exhibit an illuminated MIL with diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) P04DB and/or P051B stored in the powertrain control module (PCM). Follow the Service Procedure steps to correct the 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.