{"nhtsa_id":11021187,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2025-08-01","date":"2025-07-01","document_id":"23B56 S1","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE:BODY","mfr_system":"Front Doors","summary":"Certain 2020 - 2023 Model Year Escape Vehicles Inspect Front Door Check-Arm Reinforcement Spot Welds On all of the affected vehicles, the front door check-arm reinforcement welds can crack and may eventually pull away from the door structure. If not repaired, the check-arm reinforcement may eventually detach from the door structure. This can cause a rattling noise and increased door opening/closing efforts. It may also interfere with door glass operation and the ability of the check arm to hold the door in the open position . Submitting Owner reminder letters","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11021187-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11021187-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/11021187","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"ESCAPE","year_from":2020,"year_to":2023,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2020_ford_escape","2021_ford_escape","2022_ford_escape","2023_ford_escape"]}],"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":[]}