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Ford Transit Connect 2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 481616 · NHTSA communication 10165684 · issued Sep 4, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2019
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2019 Transit Connect vehicles built on 28-May-2018 and through 08-Jul-2019 may exhibit an intermittent low fuel message displayed in the instrument panel cluster (IPC) when the fuel level is higher than 1/8 of a tank. This may be due to an IPC software issue. To resolve the condition, update the IPC using the latest software level of the appropriate Ford diagnostic scan tool. For claiming, use causal part 10849 and applicable labor operations in Section 10 of the Service Labor Time Standards (SLTS) Manual.

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.