# Service bulletin tsb18\-2229

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- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10144197
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-09\-10
- Manufacturer's number: tsb18\-2229
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-07\-27
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION

## NHTSA's summary

Some 2018 Escape vehicles equipped with BLIS and CTA built on or before 4\-May\-2018 may exhibit BLIS and CTA fault messages in the instrument panel cluster \(IPC\) with diagnostic trouble code \(DTC\) U3000:46 stored in the side obstacle detection control module left side \(SODL\) or side obstacle detection control module right side \(SODR\). Follow the Service Procedure steps to correct the condition.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10144197-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10144197-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Driver assistance, Electrical system, Blind spot detection

## Trouble codes named

U3000

## Vehicles listed

- 2018 FORD ESCAPE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SSM 47784](/bulletins/10156871.md), 2019-04-08, Service bulletin: LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE CONTROL. Some 2017\-2019 Escape vehicles built on or after 6\-Apr\-2017 equipped with factory trailer tow may exhibit a concern with a trailer lamp out warning and/or blind spot information system \(BLIS\) not available warning without a trailer connected to the vehicle. Access connectors C439 \(4 pin\) and C432 \(12 pin\) within the trailer connector harness \(15K868\). Refer to Wiring Diagram, Cell 151. Inspect connectors for corrosion and/or water contamination. Clean as required and add electrical grease \(XG\-12 or equivalent\). Make certain the protective cover over C439 is installed and fully seated to prevent future water intrusion. For claiming, use causal part 15K868 and applicable labor operations in Section 10 of the Service Labor Time Standards \(SLTS\) Manual.

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