# Service bulletin SSM\-45793

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: 10078977
- Published by NHTSA: 2016\-08\-29
- Manufacturer's number: SSM\-45793
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-05\-03
- NHTSA component: SEATS

## NHTSA's summary

REPLACEMENT SEAT BACK REMAINS FOLDED IF NOT INSTALLED, NORMAL OPERATION

## 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

- 2014 to 2016 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2020231](/recalls/tc/2020231.md), 2020-05-27: Seats And Restraints

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TSB 22\-2114](/bulletins/10209378.md), 2022-03-29, Service bulletin: SEATS; EQUIPMENT. This article supersedes TSB 20\-2047 to update the model years affected. Some 2013\-2022 Transit Connect vehicles built on or after 1\-Jan\-2013 may exhibit a condition where either section of the second row seat is stuck or difficult to fold or unfold. This may be due to a misrouted cable or a cable that is in need of adjustment. It may be necessary to reduce the cable end fitting length. It is not necessary to install a new second row seat.
- [TSB 20\-2047](/bulletins/10171865.md), 2020-03-03, Service bulletin: WHEELS:HUBCAP/COVER; PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE; SEATS. Some 2013\-2020 Transit Connect vehicles built on or after 1\-Jan\-2013 may exhibit a condition where either section of the second row seat is stuck or difficult to fold or unfold. This may be due to a misrouted cable or a cable that is in need of adjustment. It may be necessary to reduce the cable end fitting length. It is not necessary to install a new second row seat.
- [tsb18\-2179](/bulletins/10144181.md), 2018-09-10, Service bulletin: SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY; EQUIPMENT. This article supersedes TSB 18\-2084 to update the Service Procedure. Some 2013\-2018 Transit Connect vehicles built on 1\-Jan\-2013 and through 5\-Jan\-2018 may exhibit a condition where either section of the second row seat is stuck or difficult to fold or unfold. This may be due to a misrouted cable or a cable that is in need of adjustment. It may be necessary to reduce the cable end fitting length. It is not necessary to install a new second row seat. Follow the Service Procedure steps to correct the condition.
- [TSB18\-2084](/bulletins/10137070.md), 2018-05-21, Service bulletin: SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY. Some 2013\-2018 Transit Connect vehicles built on 9\-Jan\-2013 and through 5\-Jan\-2018 may exhibit a condition where the second row seat is stuck or difficult to fold or unfold. This may be due to a misrouted cable or a cable in need of adjustment. Follow the Service Procedure steps to correct the condition.
- [15B14](/bulletins/10058089.md), 2015-07-29, Service bulletin: SEATS. THIS TSB CONTAINS AN OWNER LETTER. SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON LETTER. BULLETIN INFORMATION INVOLVING 2014\-2015 TRANSIT CONNECT WAGONS THIRD ROW SEAT REMOVAL. \*LJ

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