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Lincoln Continental 2019–2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 50630 · NHTSA communication 10209388 · issued Mar 23, 2022

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2019–2020
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2019-2020 Continental Coach Door vehicles may exhibit a Door Fault Service Required message in the instrument panel cluster (IPC) with diagnostic trouble codes B11C0 and/or B11C1 present in the door latch module-Left rear (DCMG) and/or door latch module-right rear (DCMH). Vehicle may also exhibit the need to pull the rear door handle twice to open a rear door after the IPC and center stack have timed down with no Door System Fault or DTC present. To correct these conditions, reprogram the DCMG and DCMH using the latest software level of the appropriate Ford diagnostic scan tool. Scan tool

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.