# Service bulletin CSO\-12B40

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10048119
- Published by NHTSA: 2012\-12\-12
- Manufacturer's number: CSO\-12B40
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-08\-29
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

## NHTSA's summary

FORD/LINCOLN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. SYSTEMS INTENDED FOR SUPPLEMENTAL DRIVER ASSIST FEATURES COULD MALFUNCTION OR BE INOPERATIVE, BECAUSE ONE OR BOTH SIDE OBSTACLE DETECTION \(SOD\) MODULES, ON BLIND SPOT INFORMATION SYSTEM \(BLIS\) AND CROSS TRAFFIC ALERT \(CTA\), WERE PROGRAMMED IMPROPERLY. MODELS 2013 TAURUS, MKS. \*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, Equipment and accessories, Software

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 FORD TAURUS
- 2013 LINCOLN MKS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SSM\-45821](/bulletins/10078990.md), 2016-08-30, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. SIRI EYES FREE FUNCTIONAL ISSUES USING BLUETOOTH AND APPLE IOS 9.2 AND 9.2.1
- [TSB\-14\-0175](/bulletins/10058110.md), 2015-08-01, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. FORD/LINCOLN: THE AMBIENT LIGHTING ON LINCOLN \(MYLINCOLN TOUCH\) VEHICLES WILL DEFAULT TO WHITE AND ON FORD \(MYFORD TOUCH\) VEHICLES WILL DEFAULT TO ICE BLUE AFTER THE IGNITION SWITCH CYCLE. \*PE
- [CSP\-14N02](/bulletins/10056711.md), 2015-02-06, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. FORD/LINCOLN: THERE IS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE FOR THE LOSS OF ABS SPEED SIGNAL RELATED COMMUNICATION THAT DISABLE OBDII SYSTEM MONITORS FOR PCM REPROGRAMMING. MODEL 2011\-14 F\-SUPER DUTY, ESCAPE, TAURUS, FUSION, MKT, MKZ. \*PE
- [CSP\-13B16](/bulletins/10056184.md), 2014-09-29, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. LINCOLN/FORD: IN POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE \(PCM\), THAT ALLOWS ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM \(ABS\) AND OUTPUT SHAFT SPEED SENSOR \(OSS\) SIGNAL FAULTS, A SOFTWARE ERROR HAS OCCUR AND DISABLED ON BOARD DIAGNOSTIC \(OBD\) MONITORS WITH NO ILLUMINATION OF MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\). MODEL 2011\-2014 F\-SUPER DUTY, ESCAPE, TAURUS,FUSION, MKT, MKZ. \*PE
- [APU\-12A04](/bulletins/10051743.md), 2013-04-09, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. FORD: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. A SOFTWARE UPGRADE IS AVAILABLE FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES. MODELS 2012\-2013 EDGE, EXPLORER, MKX, FOCUS, ESCAPE, FLEX, FUSION, TAURUS, MKS, MKT, F\-150. \*PE UPDATED 5/10/13. \*PE UPDATED 9/17/13. \*PE

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