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Lincoln Aviator 2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 48792 · NHTSA communication 10176092 · issued May 4, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
2020
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2020 Aviator vehicles equipped with air suspension may exhibit a Drive Malfunction and/or Suspension Fault message in the instrument panel cluster (IPC) with diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) B1041 and U2100 stored in the SUMA. This may be due to the SUMA entering into a diagnostic service mode after an on-demand self-test or module replacement. If no other DTCs are present, use the latest software version of the appropriate Ford diagnostic scan tool to run the SUMA-Transport and Factory Mode Deactivation function to clear the DTCs. Run an ALL Continuous Memory DTC test to verify DTCs have

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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.