{"nhtsa_id":10144919,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-09-24","date":"2018-08-23","document_id":"TSB 18-2255","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Some 2013-2018 Escape vehicles equipped with 1.5L/1.6L/2.0L EcoBoost, 2013-2018 Fusion vehicles equipped with 2.0L/2.7L EcoBoost, 2013-2018 MKZ vehicles equipped with 2.0L EcoBoost, 2017-18 MKZ vehicles equipped with 3.0L EcoBoost, 2015-2018 MKC vehicles equipped with 2.0L/2.3L EcoBoost, 2015-2018 Edge vehicles equipped with 2.0L/2.7L EcoBoost, 2016-2018 MKX vehicles equipped with 2.0L and 2.7L EcoBoost, 2016-2018 Explorer vehicles equipped with 2.3L EcoBoost, 2017-2018 Continental vehicles equipped with 2.7L/3.0L EcoBoost and 2016-2018 Focus RS equipped with 2.3L EcoBoost may exhibit a dark black fluid leak from the right side transfer case intermediate shaft seal. Follow the Service Procedure to correct the condition.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10144919-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10144919-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10144919","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EDGE","year_from":2015,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_ford_edge","2016_ford_edge","2017_ford_edge","2018_ford_edge"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"ESCAPE","year_from":2013,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_ford_escape","2014_ford_escape","2015_ford_escape","2016_ford_escape","2017_ford_escape","2018_ford_escape"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":2016,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_ford_explorer","2017_ford_explorer","2018_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"FOCUS","year_from":2016,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_ford_focus","2017_ford_focus","2018_ford_focus"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"FUSION","year_from":2013,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_ford_fusion","2014_ford_fusion","2015_ford_fusion","2016_ford_fusion","2017_ford_fusion","2018_ford_fusion"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"CONTINENTAL","year_from":2017,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_lincoln_continental","2018_lincoln_continental"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"MKC","year_from":2015,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_lincoln_mkc","2016_lincoln_mkc","2017_lincoln_mkc","2018_lincoln_mkc"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"MKX","year_from":2016,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_lincoln_mkx","2017_lincoln_mkx","2018_lincoln_mkx"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"MKZ","year_from":2013,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_lincoln_mkz","2014_lincoln_mkz","2015_lincoln_mkz","2016_lincoln_mkz","2017_lincoln_mkz","2018_lincoln_mkz"]}],"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":[]}