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Lincoln MKX 2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin ASI-45242 · NHTSA communication 10058627 · issued Jul 1, 2015

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Lincoln: some vehicles there is no observable customer symptoms with diagnostic trouble code (dtc) u0198, stored in accessory protocol interface module (apim), and causes no malfunction indicator lamps (mil) to illuminate. Model 2016 mkx. *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.