Ford Fusion 2018–2019 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 47714 · NHTSA communication 10153950 · issued Dec 17, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2018–2019
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2018-2019 Ford Fusion vehicles, the engine beauty cover was deleted as a running change. If during PDI a unit is reported as received without engine beauty cover from factory, the unit was built correctly. Any repair or the addition of this part would not be considered warrantable.
Vehicles covered
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.