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Service bulletin TSB-09-15-1

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10030846
Published by NHTSA2009-12-09
Manufacturer's numberTSB-09-15-1
Manufacturer's date2009-12-09
NHTSA componentTRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

FORD/MERCURY: TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WITH DTC C1440. SOME VEHICLES BUILT MAY EXHIBIT THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ON WITH DTC CODE C1440. IF THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD FOLLOWING THE ILLUMINATION OF THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT, A SLIGHT BRAKE DRAG CONDITION MAY BE OBSERVED. *PE

The document

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Components

Driver assistance

Trouble codes named

C1440

Vehicles listed
FORD ESCAPE2009
FORD ESCAPE HYBRID2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
MERCURY MARINER2009
MERCURY MARINER HYBRID2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.