{"nhtsa_id":10218899,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2022-08-30","date":"2022-08-26","document_id":"22N12","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Certain 2015-2018 Model Year Edge, 2019-2020 Fusion and MKZ Vehicles Equipped with a 2.0L EcoBoost Engine and 6F35 Transmission Rattle Noise at the Transmission Bellhousing Area – Flexplate Crack In some of the affected vehicles, a cracked flexplate may cause a rattling noise at start up and/or while driving the vehicle. The rattling noise may vary with vehicle operation and is most apparent with transmission in drive at idle speed. Some customers may also feel a powertrain vibration, encounter an inability to start the engine, or experience a loss of motive power while driving.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10218899-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10218899-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10218899","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","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":"FUSION","year_from":2019,"year_to":2020,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2019_ford_fusion","2020_ford_fusion"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"MKZ","year_from":2019,"year_to":2020,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2019_lincoln_mkz","2020_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":[]}