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Service bulletins for the 2016 Ford Focus

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.

216 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

About P1594 on the 2016 Ford Focus: what the code means, and the bulletins and recalls about the same components.

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SSM 475192018-12-03. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. Some 2016-2018 Escape vehicles built on or before 26-Aug-2018 and 2016-2018 Focus/Transit Connect vehicles equipped with a remote start system may exhibit an immediate engine shut off with or without diagnostic trouble code (DTC) P1594 stored in the BCM after using the remote start function to start the engine. If using FordPass, the app will indicate that the vehicle started successfully, but the engine may not have started or may start and then immediately shut off. Reprogram the BCM to the latest calibration using the latest version of the appropriate Ford diagnostic scan tool. For claiming, use causal part 14A068 and applicable labor operations in Section 10 of the Service Labor Time Standards (SLTS) Manual.
SSM 473972018-09-10. Service bulletin. ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Some 2016-2018 Escape/Focus/Transit Connect vehicles equipped with a remote start system may exhibit an immediate engine shut off with or without diagnostic trouble code (DTC) P1594 stored in the BCM after using the remote start function to start the engine. If using FordPass, the app will indicate that the vehicle started successfully, but the engine may not have started or may start and then immediately shut off. Reprogram the BCM using the appropriate Ford scan tool or equivalent release 110.02 or higher. Make sure you are connected to the internet when entering module programming to obtain the latest updates. For claiming, use causal part 14A068 and applicable labor operations in Section 10 of the Service Labor Time Standards (SLTS) Manual.
SSM 463222017-03-15. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. SOME 2015-2016 FOCUS VEHICLES IF EQUIPPED WITH REMOTE START AND BUILT ON OR BEFORE 17-OCT-2016 MAY EXHIBIT VEHICLE STALL WITH A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC)P1594. THIS MAY BE DUE TO WHEEL SPEED SENSOR REPORTING MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE WHILE STOPPED. TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION, UPDATE THE BODY CONTROL MODULE (BCM) TO THE LATEST CALIBRATION LEVEL USING INTEGRATED DIAGNOSTIC SOFTWARE (IDS) VERSION 103.03 OR HIGHER. REFER TO WORKSHOP MANUAL (WSM) SECTION 419 TO PERFORM THE BCM UPDATING PROCEDURE. MAKE SURE THE IDS IS CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET WHEN ENTERING MODULE REPROGRAMMING TO OBTAIN THE LATEST UPDATES. CALIBRATION FILES MAY ALSO BE OBTAINED AT WWW.MOTORCRAFTSERVICE.COM USE CAUSAL PART 14A068 AND APPLICABLE LABOR OPERATIONS IN SECTION 10 OF THE SLTS MANUAL.

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.