Ford Edge 2019 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 47873 · NHTSA communication 10156592 · issued Mar 18, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2019
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2019 Edge/Nautilus vehicles built on or before 07-Mar-2019 may exhibit an inoperative power liftgate with diagnostic trouble code (DTC) B144F:79 stored in the rear gate trunk module (RGTM). This may be due to the calibration of the RGTM. To resolve the concern, reprogram the RGTM using the latest software level of the appropriate Ford diagnostic scan tool. For claiming use causal part number 14B291 and 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.