Ford F-150 2015–2019 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 47712 · NHTSA communication 10153949 · issued Dec 14, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Diesel
component
2015–2019
model years
27
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2017-2019 F-Super Duty and 2016-2019 F650-750 with 6.7L diesel engines, 2015-2019 Transit with 3.2L diesel engines and 2018-2019 F-150 with 3.0L diesel engines may exhibit an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) with diagnostic trouble code (DTC) P206C in the powertrain control module (PCM). Review of repair data supports that P206C is often the result of incorrect diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) concentration. Per Powertrain Control/Emissions Diagnosis (PC/ED) Pinpoint Test (PPT) RJ, a DEF concentration reading below 28% will set P206C and cause vehicle derate. If low concentration is
Vehicles covered
- 2018 Ford F-150
- 2019 Ford F-150
- 2017 Ford F-250 SD
- 2018 Ford F-250 SD
- 2019 Ford F-250 SD
- 2017 Ford F-350 SD
- 2018 Ford F-350 SD
- 2019 Ford F-350 SD
- 2017 Ford F-450 SD
- 2018 Ford F-450 SD
- 2019 Ford F-450 SD
- 2017 Ford F-550 SD
- 2018 Ford F-550 SD
- 2019 Ford F-550 SD
- 2016 Ford F-650 SD
- 2017 Ford F-650 SD
- 2018 Ford F-650 SD
- 2019 Ford F-650 SD
- 2016 Ford F-750 SD
- 2017 Ford F-750 SD
- 2018 Ford F-750 SD
- 2019 Ford F-750 SD
- 2015 Ford Transit
- 2016 Ford Transit
- 2017 Ford Transit
- 2018 Ford Transit
- 2019 Ford Transit
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.