Service bulletin ASI-45151

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	10074780
Published by NHTSA	2016-06-22
Manufacturer's number	ASI-45151
Manufacturer's date	2015-06-01
NHTSA component	STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; STRUCTURE:BODY; STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS; STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS

NHTSA's summary

SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.

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

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
FORD TRANSIT	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
2017179	2017-03-29. Structure
2014333	2014-08-06. Structure
14V483000	2014-08-06. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

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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