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Ford Fiesta 2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 46110 · NHTSA communication 10090636 · issued Oct 5, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2016
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

2017 escape vehicles equipped with power roof opening panel built on or after 6/6/16 have a change to the initialization procedure for both the roof opening panel and the shield(sunshade). Refer to workshop manual, section 501-17. In step 2 for the procedures that must be completed within 5 seconds, do not release the tilt switch(sliding glass panel close switch) or the shield (sunshade) control close switch. The switches must be held down during this step. Please note that vehicles built between 6/6/16 and 6/10/16 may have either the new or old initialization procedure.

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.