{"nhtsa_id":10236689,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-05-29","date":"2023-05-26","document_id":"SSM 51666","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Some 2010-2012 Fusion/Milan and 2011-2012 MKZ vehicles equipped with a 2.5L or 3.0L engine and electronic power assist steering (EPAS), a remanufactured replacement steering gear (MU2Z-3V504-ARM) is available which is significantly less expensive than a new replacement gear. When conducting repairs that are customer pay, offer the customer a remanufactured gear when possible. This would include vehicles not included in field service action (FSA) 15N01 (built on or before 7-Sep-2010) or vehicles included in FSA 15N01 that have exceeded the 10 year/150,000 mile terms of the program.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10236689-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10236689-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10236689","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"FUSION","year_from":2010,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_ford_fusion","2011_ford_fusion","2012_ford_fusion"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"FUSION HYBRID","year_from":2010,"year_to":2012,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2010_ford_fusion","2011_ford_fusion","2012_ford_fusion"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"MKZ","year_from":2011,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_lincoln_mkz","2012_lincoln_mkz"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"MILAN","year_from":2010,"year_to":2011,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_mercury_milan","2011_mercury_milan"]},{"make":"MERCURY","model":"MILAN HYBRID","year_from":2010,"year_to":2010,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2010_mercury_milan"]}],"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":[]}