Ford Escape 2020–2025 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 53982 · NHTSA communication 11020053 · issued Jun 25, 2025
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel/propulsion System
component
2020–2025
model years
25
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2020-2023 Explorer/Aviator, 2020-2025 Police Interceptor Utility, 2020-2022 Escape/Corsair, and 2022-2024 Maverick 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 the condition may ha
Vehicles covered
- 2020 Ford Escape
- 2021 Ford Escape
- 2022 Ford Escape
- 2020 Ford Explorer
- 2021 Ford Explorer
- 2022 Ford Explorer
- 2023 Ford Explorer
- 2024 Ford Explorer
- 2025 Ford Explorer
- 2020 Ford Explorer Police Intercept
- 2021 Ford Explorer Police Intercept
- 2022 Ford Explorer Police Intercept
- 2023 Ford Explorer Police Intercept
- 2022 Ford Maverick
- 2023 Ford Maverick
- 2024 Ford Maverick
- 2022 Ford Maverick Hybrid
- 2023 Ford Maverick Hybrid
- 2024 Ford Maverick Hybrid
- 2020 Lincoln Aviator
- 2021 Lincoln Aviator
- 2022 Lincoln Aviator
- 2023 Lincoln Aviator
- 2021 Lincoln Corsair
- 2022 Lincoln Corsair
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.