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Ford Escape 2020–2021technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 50694 · NHTSA communication 10210417 · issued Apr 13, 2022

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2020–2021
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2020-2021 Escape vehicles may encounter the instrument panel cluster (IPC) odometer/trip computer changing from metric to imperial and/or the power liftgate enable/disable menu in the center stack display greyed out and/or FordPass Electrical System Fault message with DTC U0594 stored in the IPC. This may be due to the software in the IPC. To correct the condition, reprogram the IPC to the latest software level using Ford Diagnosis and Repair System (FDRS). 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.