Ford Escape 2020–2025 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 53601 · NHTSA communication 11017059 · issued Apr 8, 2025
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
2020–2025
model years
27
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2020-2023 Explorer/Aviator, 2020-2025 Police Interceptor Utility, 2020-2025 Escape/Corsair, 2022-2025 Maverick, and 2024-2025 Nautilus vehicles equipped with a hybrid powertrain may exhibit an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) with diagnostic trouble code (DTC) P2450:00 stored in the powertrain control module (PCM). This may be due to an evaporative emission system concern or may also be caused by the customer overfilling the fuel tank. If this condition occurs, perform normal diagnosis per Workshop Manual (WSM) Section, 303-13 and repair as necessary. Inform the customer that
Vehicles covered
- 2020 Ford Escape
- 2021 Ford Escape
- 2022 Ford Escape
- 2023 Ford Escape
- 2024 Ford Escape
- 2025 Ford Escape
- 2020 Ford Explorer
- 2021 Ford Explorer
- 2022 Ford Explorer
- 2023 Ford Explorer
- 2024 Ford Explorer
- 2025 Ford Explorer
- 2022 Ford Maverick
- 2023 Ford Maverick
- 2024 Ford Maverick
- 2025 Ford Maverick
- 2020 Lincoln Aviator
- 2021 Lincoln Aviator
- 2022 Lincoln Aviator
- 2023 Lincoln Aviator
- 2021 Lincoln Corsair
- 2022 Lincoln Corsair
- 2023 Lincoln Corsair
- 2024 Lincoln Corsair
- 2025 Lincoln Corsair
- 2024 Lincoln Nautilus
- 2025 Lincoln Nautilus
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.