Ford Ranger 2019 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 20B55 · NHTSA communication 10185992 · issued Jan 20, 2021
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2019
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
In all of the affected vehicles, the trailer tow wiring blunt cut circuits used to connect a trailer brake controller, were not installed in the vehicle. The missing trailer tow wiring blunt cut circuits will prevent the ability to connect an aftermarket electronic trailer brake controller to the vehicle. Trailer lights will function without trailer brake actuation function.
Vehicles covered
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.