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Service bulletin TSB-12-1-18

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 id10043325
Published by NHTSA2012-03-13
Manufacturer's numberTSB-12-1-18
Manufacturer's date2012-01-26
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

FORD/MERCURY/LINCOLN: SOME MODEL YEAR VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A MESSAGE WITH A RED TRIANGLE ON AND STOP SAFELY NOW, AND/OR HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE, NO START CONDITION. *PE

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

Electrical system, Engine, Instrument cluster

Vehicles listed
FORD FUSION2010, 2011, 2012
LINCOLN MKZ2011
MERCURY MILAN2010, 2011

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
TSB-11-11-32014-08-16. Service bulletin. LINCOLN/FORD: STEERING SYSTEM SENSES, HALF FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARMS/REARWARD IS EXPERIENCING A HIGHER FRICTION CONDITION AND CAUSING THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER STABILITY/TRACTION TO ILLUMINATE. MODEL 2011-2012 FUSION, MKZ. *PE
11-7-312014-05-07. Service bulletin. FUSION HYBRID, LINCOLN MKZ, MERCURY MILAN 2010-2011 MAY EXHIBIT WRENCH LIGHT ON WITH NO DRIVEABILITY CONCERNS, NO DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE. *LJ
CSP-13N032014-03-13. Service bulletin. FORD: THROTTLE BODY WILL DEVELOP CONTAMINATION ON INTERNAL MOTOR CONTACTS RESULTING IN AN INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL CONNECTIVITY AND MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) OR WRENCH LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE. MODEL 2009-2013 FUSION, MILAN, ESCAPE, MARINER. *PE UPDATED 5/7/14. *PE
TSB-13-6-272013-11-01. Service bulletin. FORD: THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER (IPC), ON SOME VEHICLES, FAILS TO OPERATE AT START UP AND NEEDS REPAIRING. MODEL 2012-2013 FOCUS. *PE