Ford Escape 2020 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 49990 · NHTSA communication 10199655 · issued Jul 29, 2021
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2020
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2020 Escape/Corsair vehicles built on 09-Jun-2020 and through 16-Nov-2020 may exhibit a key off battery drain which results in a no crank/no start condition. The vehicle may also exhibit a yellow electric parking brake (EPB) warning lamp, Park Brake Fault and/or red EPB warning light Illumination to the instrument panel cluster (IPC). This may be due to the ABS module communicating with the IPC resulting in illumination draining the battery. To correct this condition, update the antilock brake module using the latest software of the appropriate Ford diagnostic scan tool. For claiming, use
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.