Ford Escape 2022–2024 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 52269 · NHTSA communication 10250526 · issued Feb 16, 2024
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2022–2024
model years
16
vehicle entries
Official summary
2022-2024 Explorer/Aviator vehicles built on or after 28-May-2022, 2022-2024 Expedition/Navigator vehicles built on or after 08-Jun-2022, 2022-2024 Escape vehicles built on or after 01-Jun-2022 and 2022 Corsair vehicles built on or after 01-Jun-2022 are no longer equipped with a hands free liftgate system. The vehicle is not misbuilt. The addition of any parts is not a warrantable repair. Do not submit a claim for this condition.
Vehicles covered
- 2022 Ford Escape
- 2023 Ford Escape
- 2024 Ford Escape
- 2022 Ford Expedition
- 2023 Ford Expedition
- 2024 Ford Expedition
- 2022 Ford Explorer
- 2023 Ford Explorer
- 2024 Ford Explorer
- 2022 Lincoln Aviator
- 2023 Lincoln Aviator
- 2024 Lincoln Aviator
- 2022 Lincoln Corsair
- 2022 Lincoln Navigator
- 2023 Lincoln Navigator
- 2024 Lincoln Navigator
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.