{"nhtsa_id":10044854,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2012-08-02","date":"2012-04-03","document_id":"TSB-12-4-3","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK","mfr_system":null,"summary":"FORD: VEHICLE'S LIFTGATE IS DIFFICULT TO OPEN OR DIFFICULT TO CLOSE. *PE","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10044854","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null},{"id":"latches-locks","name":"Latches and locks","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"ESCAPE","year_from":2008,"year_to":2011,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2008_ford_escape","2009_ford_escape","2010_ford_escape","2011_ford_escape"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}