Ford F-150 2023 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 51588 · NHTSA communication 10236022 · issued May 2, 2023
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2023
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
2023 F-150 vehicles no longer come equipped with a spare tire lock installed from the factory. This is not a misbuild condition and installation of a spare tire lock is not covered under warranty.
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.