Ford Explorer 2018 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 47495 · NHTSA communication 10144948 · issued Aug 29, 2018

Technical service bulletin

communication type

Equipment

component

2018

model years

vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2018 F-Superduty/F-150/Explorer/Taurus/Flex/MKT/Expedition/Navigator vehicles built on 8-Mar-2018 and through 18-Jun-2018 may exhibit a soft brake pedal and/or long brake pedal travel. Bleed the brake system per Workshop Manual (WSM), Section 206-00. For claiming, use causal part 2552 and applicable labor operations in Section 02 of the Service Labor Time Standards (SLTS) Manual.

Vehicles covered

2018 Ford Explorer
2018 Ford F-150
2018 Ford Flex
2018 Ford Taurus
2018 Lincoln MKT

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.