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Ford Focus 2013–2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 46421 · NHTSA communication 10099106 · issued Mar 2, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2013–2017
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

2013-2017 focus s model vehicles do not have an outside ambient temperature displayed in the ipc and this feature cannot be added. The sensor is in the right hand outside mirror and is used by the powertrain control module (pcm) for calculations.

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.