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Ford Escape 2023technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 51876 · NHTSA communication 10241599 · issued Aug 21, 2023

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2023
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2023 Escape vehicles may exhibit various warning messages displayed in FordPass such as: check fuel cap, glow plug pre-heater fault, exhaust system fault, change air filter soon, air suspension fault, clean the exhaust filter, check fuel inlet, engine temperature high, anti-theft system/key fault, collision assist unavailable or instrumental panel cluster (IPC) and Fordpass displayed a high voltage battery charge of 50% after a full charge. Inform customers that engineering is currently working on a solution for this condition and it will be released via Ford Power-Up software updates del

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.