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Ford Escape 2009–2014technical service bulletin

Bulletin ASI-44713 · NHTSA communication 10057395 · issued Sep 1, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Visibility
component
2009–2014
model years
12
vehicle entries

Official summary

Lincoln/ford: on some vehicles, the moon roof sunshade binding is experiencing issues such as retaining clips/tabs are broken and its hard to open or close. Model 2009-14 mks, 2011-15 explorer, 2013-14 escape. *pe

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.