Augusta Flex 2011–2013 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB-13-5-14 · NHTSA communication 10052787 · issued May 13, 2013
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Wheels
component
2011–2013
model years
16
vehicle entries
Official summary
Ford/lincoln: on some vehicles, when accelerating from stop or shifting between drive/reverse and/or reverse/drive, a noise is heard like pop, ting, click, coming from front wheel area. Models 2011-2013 taurus, explorer, flex, mks, mkt. *pe
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.