Vehicle report
Technical service bulletins are instructions a manufacturer sent its dealers about a known fault. They are not recalls and the work is usually not free, but they are the clearest signal of a problem the manufacturer already knows about.
TSB 20-2233
This article supersedes TSB 19-2026 to update the vehicle model years affected. Some 2000 and newer Ford/Lincoln/Mercury vehicles equipped with aluminum body panels may exhibit corrosion concerns appearing as bubbled and/or peeling paint with or without accompanying white dust. Panel replacement is recommended.
18478
AXLE SEAL LEAKS. *EH
18466
AXLE WHINE HOWL. THIS INCLUDES 1997-05 FORD VEHICLES. *EH
05310
SAFETY BELT WEB STOP BUTTON SERVICE. *EH
18423
AXLE WHINE HOWL SERVICE WITH INDIVIDUAL PARTS INSTEAD OF AN AXLE ASSEMBLY. *EH
0361
MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON WITH OR WITHOUT ROUGH RUNNING, LACK OF POWER, SURGE OR POOR FUEL ECONOMY WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0401, P0402, P1400, P1401. *TT *JB
0322
STREAMLINED DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE FOR VEHICLES WITH MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ON AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) P0401, P0402, P1400 OR P1401, OR RUNS ROUGH, LACKS POWER, SURGE, POOR FUEL ECONOMY, AND THE ABOVE LISTED DTCS WITHOUT MIL. *TT
15181
SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4.6L ENGINE AND 5R55W TRANSMISSION MAY EXHIBIT VARIOUS FIRM AND/OR SOFT SHIFTS. *ET
15193
SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT INTERMITTENT DIFFICULTY TURNING THE IGNITION KEY UPON STARTING. *JG
01134
FUEL HESITATION WHILE MAKING HARD SWEEPING RIGHT HAND TURNS (SUCH AS A HIGHWAY ON-RAMP)
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.