# Service bulletin ASI\-45225

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- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10058612
- Published by NHTSA: 2015\-10\-21
- Manufacturer's number: ASI\-45225
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-07\-01
- NHTSA component: TIRES

## NHTSA's summary

LINCOLN/FORD: SOME VEHICLES WILL EXPERIENCE TIRE VIBRATION AND POSSIBLE FLAT SPOTTING. VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE CHECKED AND DRIVEN, BY WORKSHOP TECH, APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES FOR DIAGNOSIS OF VIBRATIONS AND FLAT SPOTTING. MODEL 2013\-16 ESCAPE, 2015\-16 MKC. \*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

Tires

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 to 2016 FORD ESCAPE
- 2015 LINCOLN MKC

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SSM 47634](/bulletins/10152463.md), 2019-01-07, Service bulletin: TIRES. Some 2013\-2019 Escape and 2015\-2019 MKC vehicles may exhibit a vibration attributed to the tires. Prior to performing any road force balancing procedures or related diagnosis, make sure the vehicle tire pressure is correct and is driven a minimum of 24 Km \(15 miles\) to eliminate any possible flat spotting conditions and potential misdiagnosis. Refer to Workshop Manual \(WSM\), Section 204\-04A for further information. In addition, it is recommended that diagnosis of tire/wheel vibration should not be performed on tires with less than 320 Km \(200 miles\). Some initial tire/wheel vibration issues \(such as flat spotting\) may correct themselves after the tires have been in service for 320 Km \(200 miles\). Setting tire pressure to the correct placard pressure is contained within pre\-delivery inspection.
- [SSM 46153](/bulletins/10091003.md), 2017-02-09, Service bulletin: TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS. SETTING THE CORRECT TIRE INFLATION PRESSURE IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THE PRE\-DELIVERY PROCESS AND DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE INTERVALS. RECENT CUSTOMER CLINICS REVEALED THAT MOST EVERY VEHICLE IN THE CLINICS HAD THE TIRE PRESSURES SET INCORRECTLY. TIRE PRESSURES FROM THE FACTORY ARE NOT SET TO THE CORRECT SPECIFICATION. MAINTAINING THE CORRECT TIRE PRESSURE IS KEY TO THE RIDE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VEHICLE AND AFFECTS RIDE QUALITY, HANDLING, LOAD CAPACITY AND TIRE WEAR. THE RECOMMENDED PRESSURE SETTINGS CAN BE FOUND ON THE TIRE INFORMATION LABEL IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT DOOR JAM. DO NOT USE THE TIRE PRESSURES LISTED ON THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRES. MAINTAINING THE TIRE PRESSURE IS PART OF NORMAL MAINTENANCE. IT SHOULD BE RECHECKED MONTHLY, PER THE OWNER GUIDE AND DURING THE RECOMMENDED TIRE ROTATION INTERVALS.
- [SSM\-45797](/bulletins/10078979.md), 2016-08-29, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS; TIRES. DRIVE MINIMUM 15 MILES BEFORE DIAGNOSING TIRE VIBRATIONS
- [ASI\-44725](/bulletins/10057871.md), 2015-07-08, Service bulletin: TIRES. FORD/LINCOLN: VEHICLE IS EXHIBITING VIBRATIONS WHILE DRIVING AND CAUSE IS BEING ATTRIBUTED TO TIRES AND PROCEDURE IS DRIVE APPROXIMATE 15 MILES TO ELIMINATE ANY FLAT CONDITION AND MISDIAGNOSIS. MODEL 2013\-15 ESCAPE, 2015 MKC. \*PE
- [ASI\-44239](/bulletins/10054897.md), 2014-03-11, Service bulletin: TIRES. FORD: SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE VIBRATION, AND TO DETERMINE,THIS CONDITION, VEHICLE SHOULD BE DRIVEN, APPROXIMATELY, 15 MILES TO ELIMINATE POSSIBLE FLAT SPOTTING CONDITIONS AND OTHER DIAGNOSIS. MODEL 2013\-2014 ESCAPE. \*PE

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