{"nhtsa_id":10176007,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2020-06-04","date":"2020-05-01","document_id":"SSM 48790","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Some 2020 Explorer/Aviator/Police Interceptor Utility vehicles equipped with a 10R80 MHT automatic transmission and with less than 100 miles may exhibit a transmission fluid leak that appears to be coming from between the hybrid drive unit and transmission case joint. This condition may be due to residual transmission fluid trapped between the front module and transmission case joint during the assembly process. Recommend cleaning the area thoroughly and reevaluating with the vehicle at operating temperature before attempting any leak related repairs.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10176007-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10176007-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10176007","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":2020,"year_to":2020,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2020_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER POLICE INTERCEPT","year_from":2020,"year_to":2020,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2020_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"AVIATOR","year_from":2020,"year_to":2020,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2020_lincoln_aviator"]}],"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":[]}