# Service bulletin TSB\-13\-5\-31

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- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10053331
- Published by NHTSA: 2013\-10\-22
- Manufacturer's number: TSB\-13\-5\-31
- Manufacturer's date: 2013\-05\-29
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

FORD: A DELAYED/HARSH DOWNSHIFT AND LONG CRANK TO START TIMES COMMANDED IN MIDDLE OF 4\-5 OR 3\-5 UPSHIFT AND DELAYED UPSHIFTS FROM 3RD, 4TH OR 5TH GEAR WHEN TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 21 DEGREES CELSIUS \(70 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT\) FOR TRANSMISSION FLUID. MODEL 2013 EXPLORER. \*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

Engine, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 FORD EXPLORER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SSM 46900](/bulletins/10127405.md), 2018-01-29, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Some vehicles may exhibit a no start condition with an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp \(MIL\) and a DTC P161A after PCM replacement. This may be due to the parameter reset procedure not being properly completed. To clear this DTC, use the Ford Integrated Diagnostic System \(IDS\) service tool or Ford J2534 Diagnostic Software, select \- Toolbox \- Body \- Security \- PATS Functions \- Parameter Reset. Follow the on\-screen instructions to complete the procedure. This procedure will transfer the existing Key ID information between the modules without the need of having 2 programmed PATS keys present. There is no need to program keys when the PCM is going to be replaced. Additional information can be found in the Workshop Manual \(WSM\), Section 419\-01. Missing or lost keys are not warrantable.
- [ASI\-45239](/bulletins/10058625.md), 2015-10-22, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. FORD: SOME VEHICLES TRANSMISSION WILL EXPERIENCE, AFTER A COLD SOAK OR AN EXTENDED PERIOD WITH ENGINE OFF, A 2\-3 SHIFT HESITATION DUE TO POSSIBLE HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT DRAIN. MODEL 2013\-16 VARIOUS VEHICLES. \*PE
- [SB45277](/bulletins/10058616.md), 2015-10-21, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. FORD: TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK FROM CONVERTER HOUSING AREA ON POLICE UTILITY EQUIPPED WITH 6F50/6F55 TRANSMISSION \*CN
- [TSB\-14\-0102](/bulletins/10056136.md), 2014-09-16, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\); EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. FORD/LINCOLN: DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE \(DTC\) P0420 AND/OR P0430, THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP \(MIL\), ON SOME VEHICLES, WILL BE ILLUMINATED AND THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE \(PCM\) WOULD BE REPROGRAM WITH LATEST CALIBRATION. MODEL 2013\-2014 POLICE EXPLORER, TAURUS, MKT LIVERY, MKS. \*PE
- [ASI\-44400](/bulletins/10055640.md), 2014-06-25, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION \(PRNDL\). LINCOLN/FORD: ON SOME VEHICLES, THERE ARE NO UPSHIFT, ONLY REVERSE AND FIRST GEAR AVAILABLE, WHICH IS DUE TO A SOFTWARE DISCREPANCY. MODEL 2013\-2014 ESCAPE, FUSION, EDGE, EXPLORER, TAURUS, MKT, MKZ. \*PE
- [ASI\-44301](/bulletins/10054557.md), 2014-02-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. FORD/LINCOLN: DUE TO WEAR ON CASE BUSHING, SOME VEHICLES WILL HAVE A FLUID LEAK FROM THE HALF SHAFT SEAL ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. MODEL 2013 ESCAPE, FUSION, EDGE, TAURUS, EXPLORER, MKT, MKZ. \*PE
- [ASI\-32271](/bulletins/10053427.md), 2013-10-26, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. LINCOLN/FORD: ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTCS\) P0741 AND P1744 MALFUNCTION INDICATION LAMP \(MIL\) WILL ILLUMINATE WITHOUT ANY OTHER SYMPTOMS PRESENT AND MAY BE CAUSED BY TORN INNER TORQUE CONVERTER SEAL. MODEL 2013 EDGE, FLEX, TAURUS, EXPLORER, MKS, MKT. \*PE
- [ASI\-32216](/bulletins/10053415.md), 2013-10-24, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. LINCOLN/FORD: DUE TO SEAL AND/OR BUSHING WEARING CAUSED BY HALFSHAFT SURFACE FINISH, ON SOME VEHICLES, TRANSMISSION MAY EXPERIENCE A LEAKAGE OF FLUID FROM LEFT HAND \(LH\) HALFSHAFT SEAL. MODEL 2013 ESCAPE, FUSION, EDGE, EXPLORER, TAURUS, MKT, MKZ. \*PE

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