{"nhtsa_id":10140329,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-06-11","date":"2018-01-24","document_id":"SSM 47031","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"For 2018 EcoSport vehicles without tailgate mounted spare tire, the four M4 (4.8x20mm) screws provided inside the loose items plastic bag are not suitable to attach the license plate to the tailgate. The license plate attachment to tailgate will require two M6 (6.3x16mm) screws which are not shipped with the vehicles. For these vehicles, use M6 screws, part number N807572-S439 (two required). Note: This license plate hardware is also common with other Ford products - Fiesta, Focus, Taurus, Escape, Edge, Flex. For Vehicles with front license plate or vehicles with tailgate-mounted spare tire - Rear license plate attached to fascia panel - use the M4 screws supplied.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10140329-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10140329-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10140329","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null},{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"ECOSPORT","year_from":2018,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2018_ford_ecosport"]}],"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":[]}