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Ford Transit Connect 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 48073 · NHTSA communication 10163582 · issued Jul 4, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2018
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2018 Transit Connect vehicles built on 29-Mar-2018 and through 4-Aug-2018 and equipped with connected human machine interface (HMI) radio (CHR) and global navigation satellite system (GNSS), may exhibit the vehicle locator function not working on the FordPass mobile application. To correct this condition, perform programmable module installation (PMI) on the audio control module (ACM) and when asked if the original module is installed select NO. This procedure will retrieve the updated as-built from the database and install it into the module. For claiming, use causal part 18C869 and appl

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.