Ford Bronco 2024–2025 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 54138 · NHTSA communication 11021976 · issued Aug 14, 2025
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel/propulsion System
component
2024–2025
model years
18
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2024-2025 F-150, Expedition/Navigator, Escape/Corsair, Bronco, Explorer, Mustang, Maverick vehicles equipped with a 1.5/2.0/2.3/3.5L EcoBoost engine and built on 01-Oct-2024 and through 31-May-2025 may exhibit an extended crank condition, strong fuel smell in the engine oil, high engine oil level and may have various drivability diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) stored in the powertrain control module (PCM) with an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL). This may be due to an internal fuel leak of the fuel injection pump causing fuel to enter the crankcase and reduce fuel pressure in
Vehicles covered
- 2025 Ford Bronco
- 2024 Ford Bronco Sport
- 2025 Ford Bronco Sport
- 2024 Ford Expedition
- 2025 Ford Expedition
- 2024 Ford Explorer
- 2025 Ford Explorer
- 2024 Ford F-150
- 2025 Ford F-150
- 2024 Ford Maverick
- 2025 Ford Maverick
- 2024 Ford Mustang
- 2025 Ford Mustang
- 2025 Ford Ranger
- 2024 Lincoln Corsair
- 2025 Lincoln Corsair
- 2024 Lincoln Navigator
- 2025 Lincoln Navigator
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.