Service bulletin ASI-44249

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	10054972
Published by NHTSA	2014-03-19
Manufacturer's number	ASI-44249
Manufacturer's date	2013-10-01
NHTSA component	EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY

NHTSA's summary

FORD: WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS FACTORY KEYLESS ENTRY KEY CODE, USING IDS TOOL, WOULD RECEIVE AN ERROR MESSAGE DUE TO PRODUCTION SOFTWARE CHANGE IN BODY CONTROL MODULE. MODEL 2013 F-150, EDGE, MKX, 2014 F-SUPER DUTY, TAURUS, MKS, FLEX, MKT, EXPLORER. *PE

The document

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Components

Equipment and accessories

Vehicles listed
FORD EDGE	2013
FORD EXPLORER	2014
FORD F-150	2013
FORD F-250 SD	2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-350 SD	2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-450 SD	2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-550 SD	2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-650 SD	2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-750 SD	2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD FLEX	2013
FORD TAURUS	2014
LINCOLN MKS	2014
LINCOLN MKT	2014
LINCOLN MKX	2013

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
14V507000	2014-08-18. EQUIPMENT
14V336000	2014-06-18. EQUIPMENT
14V328000	2014-06-13. EQUIPMENT
14V327000	2014-06-12. EQUIPMENT
14V307000	2014-06-04. EQUIPMENT

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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