Ford F-250 SD 2013–2019 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 55098 · NHTSA communication 11036338 · issued Aug 18, 2026
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2013–2019
model years
21
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2013-2016 Super Duty vehicles equipped with a 6.7L diesel engine and 2015-2019 Transit vehicles equipped with a 3.2L diesel engine may not pass a state smog test due to the exhaust gas system (EGS) monitor that will not run after completing the exhaust gas sensor drive cycle located within Section 2 of the Powertrain Control/Emissions Diagnostics (PC/ED) Manual > Drive Cycles. This may be due to the vehicle s diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) age counter being under the 120-minute age requirement. There is an all-new "PCM Catalytic Converter Age Evaluation" application within the latest ver
Vehicles covered
- 2013 Ford F-250 SD
- 2014 Ford F-250 SD
- 2015 Ford F-250 SD
- 2016 Ford F-250 SD
- 2013 Ford F-350 SD
- 2014 Ford F-350 SD
- 2015 Ford F-350 SD
- 2016 Ford F-350 SD
- 2013 Ford F-450 SD
- 2014 Ford F-450 SD
- 2015 Ford F-450 SD
- 2016 Ford F-450 SD
- 2013 Ford F-550 SD
- 2014 Ford F-550 SD
- 2015 Ford F-550 SD
- 2016 Ford F-550 SD
- 2015 Ford Transit
- 2016 Ford Transit
- 2017 Ford Transit
- 2018 Ford Transit
- 2019 Ford Transit
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.