{"nhtsa_id":10234136,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-05-04","date":"2023-04-05","document_id":"SSM 51541","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"All 2021-2023 Bronco Sport vehicles have a headlamp low beam pattern with a dark band above the vertical reference line. It is by design that there is no light directed in this area to satisfy regulatory requirements and also to minimize glare to oncoming traffic. Secondly, in the low beam pattern there is some light directed upward to satisfy regulatory requirements and also to assist with overhead sign visibility. This a characteristic of the vehicle. Do not attempt any repairs for this condition.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10234136-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10234136-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10234136","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"visibility","name":"Glass, wipers and mirrors","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"BRONCO SPORT","year_from":2021,"year_to":2023,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2021_ford_bronco-sport","2022_ford_bronco-sport","2023_ford_bronco-sport"]}],"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":[]}