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Ford Focus 2016–2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 46196 · NHTSA communication 10095990 · issued Nov 11, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2016–2017
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

2016-2017 focus vehicles built on or after 10/nov/2016 will no longer have a flex-fuel badge. Please do not submit for a mis-built unit, and/or add the badge to the tailgate and/or lift gate. Service management team please share with the sales team the deletion of the badge was intentional.

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.