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Service bulletin TSB-10-18-1

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 id10039725
Published by NHTSA2011-08-09
Manufacturer's numberTSB-10-18-1
Manufacturer's date2010-09-02
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

FORD: SOME EXPEDITION/NAVIGATOR/F150 VEHICLES MAY HAVE A DELAYED FORWARD/REVERSE ENGAGEMENT WITH STORED TROUBLE CODES. *RM

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

Vehicles listed
FORD EXPEDITION2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
FORD F-1502009, 2010
LINCOLN NAVIGATOR2009, 2010

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

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