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Ford F-250 SD 2023technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 51505 · NHTSA communication 10233898 · issued Mar 24, 2023

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2023
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2023 F-Super Duty vehicles may exhibit a momentary pop up message stating Check Rear Seat For Passenger during vehicle startup on the center display screen. The Check Rear Seat For Passenger pop up message should only appear during vehicle shut down. These issues will recover after a key cycle. This may be due to the APIM software. Replacement or reprogramming of the APIM may not resolve this condition. Inform customers that engineering is currently working on a solution for this condition and will be released via an over the air (OTA) software update expected in Q2 2023. Customers that h

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.