P1A10: owner reports and bulletins
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What owners report to NHTSA
5 complaints filed with NHTSA mention P1A10, 5 of them since 2015, across 3 different models. The component owners most often filed it under: electrical system.
Most-reported models
| Vehicle | Complaints | Model years reported |
|---|---|---|
| FORD ESCAPE HYBRID | 3 | 2005, 2006, 2008 |
Manufacturer service bulletins that name P1A10
3 technical service bulletins and manufacturer communications filed with NHTSA mention P1A10, from 1 makes. A bulletin means the manufacturer has documented a known cause or a fix procedure for that model. Examples:
- FORD MUSTANG MACH E (2021, 2022), bulletin 10218613: Some 2021-2022 Mustang Mach-E vehicles built on or before 28-May-2022 may exhibit an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) and/or display a Stop Safely Now message in the instrument panel cluster (IPC) with diagno…
- FORD F-150 LIGHTNING BEV (2022, 2021), bulletin 10222067: Some 2021-2022 Mustang Mach-E, 2022 F-150 Lightning/e-Transit may experience diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) P1A10 in the secondary on-board diagnostic module C (SOBDMC) and U3012 in the battery energy control module (BE…
Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation complaint database and manufacturer communications file, snapshots September 2026. A complaint or bulletin that mentions a code is a report about that vehicle, not a statement that the code has one cause.