Ford Ecosport 2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 47596 · NHTSA communication 10148730 · issued Oct 19, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2018
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2018 EcoSport vehicles built on or before 1-Jun-2018 may exhibit the radio switching from FM radio to AM radio without input. Reprogram the audio control module (ACM) using the latest software level of the appropriate Ford diagnostic scan tool. For claiming, use causal part 18C869 and applicable labor operations in Section 10 of the Service Labor Time Standards (SLTS) Manual.
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.