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Ford Bronco 2023technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 52225 · NHTSA communication 10249780 · issued Jan 31, 2024

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2023
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2023 Bronco vehicles equipped with a B&O sound system and built on 28-Jul-2023 and through 29-Aug-2023 may experience an intermittent loss of audio from certain speakers. Function should return with a key cycle and the symptom may return within every 1-20 additional key cycles. This may be due to the software within the audio digital signal processing module (DSP). To correct the condition, reprogram the DSP module to the latest software level using the Ford Diagnosis and Repair System (FDRS) diagnostic scan tool. For claiming, use causal part 18B849 and applicable labor operations in Sec

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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.