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Ford Bronco 2024technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 52180 · NHTSA communication 10249000 · issued Jan 15, 2024

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2024
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

2024 Bronco (non-Raptor) vehicles will not come from the factory with a pre-installed trailer tow package that includes a 2 in. (50.8 mm) trailer hitch, a 4+7 pin electrical connector and supporting software updates. The trailer tow package for the 2024 Bronco (non-Raptor) will only be available as a Ford Accessory Dealer Installed Option (DIO) (service part number VP2DZ-15A416-B). When ordered, the DIO trailer tow package will ship to the dealership that will receive the vehicle so that installation can occur prior to customer delivery. Labor is included with the cost of the Ford Accessory DI

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.