{"nhtsa_id":10092551,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-02-22","date":"2016-08-15","document_id":"SSM 45998","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT; VISIBILITY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"FOR 2016 ESCAPE, THE PLANT COMPLEXITY OF WINDSHIELDS WENT UP WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE HEATED WIPER. TO REDUCE THE PLANT COMPLEXITY, THERE IS ONLY ONE WINDSHIELD FOR VEHICLES WITH ELECTROCHROMATIC MIRROR AND RAIN SENSITIVE WIPERS. IF A VEHICLE IS ONLY BUILT WITH ELECTROCHROMATIC MIRROR AND NOT RAIN SENSITIVE WIPERS, THE RAIN SENSOR WILL STILL BE PRESENT WITH NO WIRING HARNESS. THESE ARE NOT A MISBUILT VEHICLE.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10092551","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"visibility","name":"Glass, wipers and mirrors","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"ESCAPE","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_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":[]}