Ford F-250 SD 2015–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 45979 · NHTSA communication 10092404 · issued Aug 9, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2015–2017
model years
15
vehicle entries
Official summary
2015-2017 - f-super duty, f-650/750 with 6.7l diesel and 2015-2017 transit - 3.2l diesel equipped vehicles use a selective catalytic reduction (scr) system designed to reduce the vehicles exhaust emissions. The diesel exhaust fluid (def) tank is filled to specification at the assembly plant. Dealers are not instructed to check or top off the def fluid on the pre-delivery inspection (pdi) service record (check sheet) and are therefore not authorized to top-off the tanks during pdi. The vehicle instrument cluster message center is designed to indicate when the def is low (exhaust fluid low or ex
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.