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Ford F-150 2024technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 52517 · NHTSA communication 11000287 · issued May 7, 2024

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
2024
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2024 F-150 vehicles equipped with a gasoline, hybrid or flex fuel engine (non-Lightning) may exhibit inoperative A/C, lack of air flow and/or evidence of the evaporator freezing. This may be due to the software level of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) module. Reprogram the HVAC module using the latest software level of the FDRS diagnostic scan tool. Follow all on-screen instructions carefully to complete all coordinated module software updates. For claiming, use causal part RECAL and use applicable labor operations in Section 10 of the Service Labor Time Standards (SL

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.