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Ford F-250 SD 2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 46329 · NHTSA communication 10095177 · issued Jan 24, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2017
model years
6
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2017 f-super duty vehicles where the pickup box has been removed due to a modification, may exhibit various symptoms due to loss of communication on the medium speed controller area network (ms-can). Additional symptoms such as climate control system inoperative, front control interface module (fcim) controls inoperative and/or the headlamps remaining on at all times may also be present. This may be due to c408 being disconnected and interrupting the ms-can network when the pickup box was removed. To repair, install jumper harness part #hc3z-13a409-j into c408, located at the rh rear of t

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.