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Service bulletin TSB 16-0158

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)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10093865
Published by NHTSA2017-03-06
Manufacturer's numberTSB 16-0158
Manufacturer's date2016-12-02
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

NHTSA's summary

SOME 2015-2017 ESCAPE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH EMTC AND BUILT ON OR BEFORE 8-APR-2016 MAY EXHIBIT INCORRECT AIR DISTRIBUTION FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL REGISTERS WHEN PANEL MODE IS SELECTED ON THE HEATER VENTILATION AIR CONDITIONING (HVAC) CONTROL PANEL. FOLLOW THE SERVICE PROCEDURE STEPS TO CORRECT THE CONDITION.

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

Electrical system, Instrument cluster

Vehicles listed
FORD ESCAPE2015, 2016, 2017

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
15V4060002015-06-24. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

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
TSB-20-20312020-03-03. Service bulletin. Some 2017 Escape vehicles built on or before 18-May-2017 may be unable to reset the oil change indicator following the Workshop Manual (WSM), Section 413-01 procedure. This may be due to the instrument panel cluster (IPC) software that was updated and/or an IPC replacement during a previous service visit. To correct the condition, follow the Service Procedure to replace the IPC with an updated service part.
TSB 17-00272017-05-12. Service bulletin. SOME 2015-2017 ESCAPE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH EMTC AND BUILT ON OR BEFORE 8-APR-2016 MAY EXHIBIT INCORRECT AIR DISTRIBUTION FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL REGISTERS WHEN PANEL MODE IS SELECTED ON THE HEATER VENTILATION AIR CONDITIONING (HVAC) CONTROL PANEL. FOLLOW THE SERVICE PROCEDURE STEPS TO CORRECT THE CONDITION.
SB-453132015-10-27. Service bulletin. 2015 FORD ESCAPE: INOPERATIVE DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER OR MISSING DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER AFTER REPROGRAMMING *CN
SB-453082015-10-26. Service bulletin. 2015-2015 FORD ESCAPE: DUE TO CLUSTER RESET VEHICLE MAY EXHIBIT INTERMITTENT BATTERY DRAW WHICH CAN RESULT IN A DEAD BATTERY OR NO START *CN