{"nhtsa_id":10160936,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-06-07","date":"2019-05-20","document_id":"SSM 47993","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"2015-2016 Edge/MKX/Flex/MKT/MKZ/MKS/Taurus/Taurus Police/Explorer/Explorer Police vehicles built on or before 10-Jun-2016 and equipped with a 3.5L or 3.7L engine, all wheel drive (AWD) and a power transfer unit (PTU) may exhibit a PTU venting, an odor originating from the PTU, or noise originating from the PTU. These vehicles may be a candidate for rebuild using PTU Idler Gear/Shaft/Bearing Kit (GB5Z-7P258-A). Refer to Workshop Manual (WSM), Section 308-07.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10160936-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10160936-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10160936","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EDGE","year_from":2015,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_ford_edge","2016_ford_edge"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":2015,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_ford_explorer","2016_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"FLEX","year_from":2015,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_ford_flex","2016_ford_flex"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"TAURUS","year_from":2015,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_ford_taurus","2016_ford_taurus"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"MKS","year_from":2015,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_lincoln_mks","2016_lincoln_mks"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"MKT","year_from":2015,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_lincoln_mkt","2016_lincoln_mkt"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"MKX","year_from":2015,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_lincoln_mkx","2016_lincoln_mkx"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"MKZ","year_from":2015,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_lincoln_mkz","2016_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":[]}