Ford F-150 2023 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 52184 · NHTSA communication 10249174 · issued Jan 17, 2024
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2023
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2023 F-150 hybrid vehicles built on 24-Oct-2022 and through 26-Oct-2022 equipped with a 3.5L Power Boost engine may exhibit DTC U0438:82 in the IPC and/or U0140:87 in the TRM. This may also be accompanied by a Trailer Brake System Fault See Manual message in the IPC. This may be due to the configuration of the IPC. To correct this condition, download and run the IPC - Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC) Configuration application using the Ford Diagnosis and Repair System (FDRS) scan tool. For claiming, use causal part 10849 and applicable labor operations in Section 10 of the Service Labor Tim
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.