# Service bulletin ASI\-44531

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: 10056170
- Published by NHTSA: 2014\-09\-25
- Manufacturer's number: ASI\-44531
- Manufacturer's date: 2014\-05\-01
- NHTSA component: SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST

## NHTSA's summary

LINCOLN/FORD: ON SOME VEHICLES AND TRUCKS, THERE IS A POPPING, SQUEALING, BINDING OR GRINDING NOISE COME FROM POWER SEATS WHEN MOVING BACKWARDS OR FORWARD. MODEL 2009\-2015 F\-150, TAURUS, FLEX, MKT, MKS, F\-SUPER DUTY, 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

Seats

## Vehicles listed

- 2011 to 2014 FORD EXPLORER
- 2009 to 2014 FORD F\-150
- 2010 to 2015 FORD F\-250 SD
- 2010 to 2015 FORD F\-350 SD
- 2010 to 2015 FORD F\-450 SD
- 2010 to 2015 FORD F\-550 SD
- 2010 to 2015 FORD F\-650 SD
- 2010 to 2015 FORD F\-750 SD
- 2009 to 2014 FORD FLEX
- 2009 to 2014 FORD TAURUS
- 2009 to 2014 LINCOLN MKS
- 2010 to 2014 LINCOLN MKT

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2017373](/recalls/tc/2017373.md), 2017-07-25: Seats And Restraints
- [17V472000](/recalls/nhtsa/17V472000.md), 2017-07-25: SEATS; SEAT BELTS
- [2015377](/recalls/tc/2015377.md), 2015-08-18: Seats And Restraints
- [14V710000](/recalls/nhtsa/14V710000.md), 2014-11-07: SEATS
- [2014504](/recalls/tc/2014504.md), 2014-11-05: Seats And Restraints
- [11V063000](/recalls/nhtsa/11V063000.md), 2011-02-02: SEATS
- [2011046](/recalls/tc/2011046.md), 2011-01-31: Seats And Restraints

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TSB16\-0097](/bulletins/10091204.md), 2017-02-10, Service bulletin: SEATS. SOME 2009\-2010 F\-150 AND 2011\-2016 EXPLORER VEHICLES MAY HAVE A SEAT CUSHION COVER THAT APPEARS LOOSE NEAR THE FRONT OF THE SEAT. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY THE SEAT CUSHION COVER J\-RETAINER BECOMING DISENGAGED FROM THE SEAT CUSHION PAN FLANGE. FOLLOW THE SERVICE PROCEDURE STEPS TO CORRECT THE CONDITION.
- [44978](/bulletins/10058209.md), 2015-08-14, Service bulletin: SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER. FORD 2013 TAURUS\- BULLETIN INFORMATION INVOLVING FACTORY REMOTE START ACTIVATED HEATED SEAT OPERATION AFTER REMOTE START WITHOUT CUSTOMER INPUT. \*LJ
- [TSB\-09\-20\-9](/bulletins/10032616.md), 2010-04-20, Service bulletin: SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY. FORD: SOME VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH POWER FOLDING SECOND ROW SEATS MAY FIND THE SEAT NOT FULLY LIFTING AND FOLDING FORWARD \(TUMBLE\) AFTER THE POWER RELEASE SWITCH IS DEPRESSED. \*PE

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