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Service bulletin ASI-44707

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10057865
Published by NHTSA2015-07-08
Manufacturer's numberASI-44707
Manufacturer's date2014-09-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

NHTSA's summary

FORD: AFTER POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE REPROGRAMMING, THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) IS ON WITH SEVERAL DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTC) P06B8, P068A, P2610, IF KEY NOT LEFT FOR 30 SECONDS IN OFF POSITION FOLLOWING PROGRAMMING ON SOME MODEL 2009-15 VEHICLES. *PE

The document

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Components

Electrical system, Transmission and driveline, Software

Trouble codes named

P068A, P06B8, P2610

Vehicles listed
FORD EDGE2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
FORD ESCAPE2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
FORD EXPEDITION2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
FORD FOCUS2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
11V1280002011-02-24. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
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