Ford F-150 2015–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 46260 · NHTSA communication 10094620 · issued Dec 12, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Latches/locks/linkages
component
2015–2017
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2015-2017 f-150 supercab vehicles may exhibit inoperative rear door lower latches during freezing temperatures. The rear door lower latches have been revised to include a water shield and the parts catalog has been updated to show the new numbers. Replace the rear door lower latches, refer to workshop manual (wsm), section 501-14. For claiming, use causal part 18264a00 and applicable labor operations in section 12 of the service labor time standards (slts) manual.
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.