Ford Escape 2001–2002 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 0252 · NHTSA communication 636040 · issued Mar 18, 2002
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
2001–2002
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some vehicles built before 2/12/2002 may exhibit a power steering fluid leak at the return hose and / or cooler hose at the intermiediate tube assembly during extreme cold ambient temperatures -20 to -28c (-5 to -20 f), *tt
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.