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Ford Transit Connect 2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 46140 · NHTSA communication 10090979 · issued Oct 19, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2017
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2017 transit vehicles equipped with optional high capacity upfit switches and/or an auxiliary junction box may exhibit an inoperative auxiliary relay number 8, located in auxiliary fuse panel number 2 behind the glove box. Upfit switch number 3 will be inoperative on vehicles equipped with high capacity upfit switches. Engineering is investigating the concern. Dealers with vehicles affected by this issue are advised to submit a global concern report by clicking the report a vehicle concern link at the bottom of the oasis screen and include the number of affected vehicles. Monitor oasis fo

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.