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Service bulletin ASI-44542

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10056199
Published by NHTSA2014-10-02
Manufacturer's numberASI-44542
Manufacturer's date2014-05-01
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT

NHTSA's summary

FORD: AFTER PERFORMING REPAIRS OR DIAGNOSING TO ANY VEHICLE SYSTEMS, THE FRONT CONTROL DISPLAY INTERFACE MODULE (FCDIM) WILL EXHIBIT DTC U2101 AND CAN BE RESOLVED BY REPROGRAMMING THE FCDIM TO LATEST CALIBRATION. MODEL 2014 FIESTA. *PE

The document

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Components

Equipment and accessories

Trouble codes named

U2101

Vehicles listed
FORD FIESTA2014

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

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