{"nhtsa_id":10177036,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2020-07-07","date":"2020-06-18","document_id":"SSM 48913","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Some 2020 Transit vehicles equipped with a 10R80 automatic transmission and under 8,000 Km (5,000 mi) may exhibit a harsh engagement into DRIVE and/or REVERSE with or without an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL). This may be due to sticking main control valves. A new Ford Diagnosis and Repair System (FDRS) Transmission Accelerated Main Control Break-In routine has been developed to aid in freeing up sticking main control valves. This routine has been added to the Workshop Manual (WSM), Section 307-01.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10177036-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10177036-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10177036","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"TRANSIT","year_from":2020,"year_to":2020,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2020_ford_transit"]}],"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":[]}