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Service bulletin ASI-44184

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 id10054371
Published by NHTSA2014-01-16
Manufacturer's numberASI-44184
Manufacturer's date2013-09-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:LUBRICANT

NHTSA's summary

FORD: TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED ON CLUTCH ASSEMBLY AND BY USING METAL PARTS CLEANER, CONTAINING 60% ACETONE OR 60% HEPTANE, EFFECTIVELY, WILL CLEAN FLUID. MODEL 2011-2014 FIESTA, FOCUS. *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

Transmission and driveline, Manual transmission

Vehicles listed
FORD FIESTA2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
FORD FOCUS2012, 2013, 2014

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
SSM 463552017-03-17. Service bulletin. MULTIPLE 2014-2016 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 6F35 TRANSMISSION AND BUILT ON 1-JAN-2014 AND THROUGH 31-DEC-2015 MAY EXHIBIT HARSH REVERSE ENGAGEMENT AND HARSH/DELAYED 3RD AND 5TH GEAR UP/DOWN SHIFTS WITH NO DTCS PRESENT. THIS MAY BE DUE TO A MECHANICALLY BINDING SHIFT SOLENOID B (SSB). VERIFY HARSH REVERSE AND 3RD AND 5TH GEAR SHIFT EVENTS ARE PRESENT. USING IDS, IDENTIFY THE BAND NUMBER OF SSB FOR USE WHEN ORDERING PARTS. REMOVE THE MAIN CONTROL. DISASSEMBLE AND THOROUGHLY CLEAN THE VALVE BODY AND SOLENOID BODY TO REMOVE ANY CONTAMINANTS. REPLACE SSB, REFER TO WORKSHOP MANUAL (WSM) SECTION 307-01. USING IDS, CLEAR TRANSMISSION ADAPTIVE TABLES. FOR CLAIMING, USE CAUSAL PART 7G383 AND APPLICABLE LABOR OPERATIONS IN SECTION 7 OF THE SERVICE LABOR TIME STANDARDS (SLTS) MANUAL.
TSB15-01212015-10-28. Service bulletin. FORD: 2011-2015 FIESTA AND 2012-2015 FOCUS MAY SHOW CONCERNS OF LOSS OF TRANSMISSION ENGAGEMENT WHILE DRIVING OR LOSS OF POWER *CN