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Ford Transit 2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 48718 · NHTSA communication 10174406 · issued Apr 3, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
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2020
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vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2020 Transit vehicles with no rear floor covering built on or before 16-Dec-2019 are manufactured without the step well pad on the passenger sliding door step. The vehicle is not misbuilt. Do not submit a claim for this 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.