Service bulletin ASI-44286

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)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10054584
Published by NHTSA	2014-02-06
Manufacturer's number	ASI-44286
Manufacturer's date	2013-11-01
NHTSA component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

FORD: THERE ARE VARIOUS ELECTRIC ISSUES WITH HOOD AJAR, TURN SIGNALS CUT IN AND OUT, ERRATIC WIPER OPERATION, HEADLAMPS FLICKERING OR ARE INOPERATIVE AND FRONT PARK LAMPS, FOG LAMPS ACTIVE GRILLE SHUTTER AND ALSO COOLING FAN OPERATION CAN BE AFFECTED. MODEL 2014 ESCAPE. *PE

The document

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Components

Electrical system

Vehicles listed
FORD ESCAPE	2014

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
2026004	2026-01-09. Electrical
15V406000	2015-06-24. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
14V495000	2014-08-11. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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