Ford E-250 1999–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin DOR-B8H4Z-11 · NHTSA communication 10148818 · issued Oct 2, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
1999–2017
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
This SKU is a front upper ball joint. The Customer communication requested return of unsold inventory to inspect for ball studs with excessive rotational friction in the ball joint assembly. Excessive friction in the ball joint assembly may cause a perceptible increase in steering effort.
Vehicles covered
- 2009 Ford E-250
- 2010 Ford E-250
- 2011 Ford E-250
- 2012 Ford E-250
- 2013 Ford E-250
- 2014 Ford E-250
- 2009 Ford E-350
- 2010 Ford E-350
- 2011 Ford E-350
- 2012 Ford E-350
- 2013 Ford E-350
- 2014 Ford E-350
- 2015 Ford E-350
- 2016 Ford E-350
- 2017 Ford E-350
- 2000 Ford Excursion
- 2001 Ford Excursion
- 2002 Ford Excursion
- 2003 Ford Excursion
- 2004 Ford Excursion
- 2000 Ford F-250 SD
- 2001 Ford F-250 SD
- 2002 Ford F-250 SD
- 2003 Ford F-250 SD
- 2004 Ford F-250 SD
- 2005 Ford F-250 SD
- 2006 Ford F-250 SD
- 2007 Ford F-250 SD
- 2008 Ford F-250 SD
- 2009 Ford F-250 SD
- 2010 Ford F-250 SD
- 2011 Ford F-250 SD
- 2012 Ford F-250 SD
- 2013 Ford F-250 SD
- 2014 Ford F-250 SD
- 2015 Ford F-250 SD
- 2016 Ford F-250 SD
- 2017 Ford F-250 SD
- 1999 Ford F-350 SD
- 2000 Ford F-350 SD
- 2001 Ford F-350 SD
- 2002 Ford F-350 SD
- 2003 Ford F-350 SD
- 2004 Ford F-350 SD
- 2005 Ford F-350 SD
- 2006 Ford F-350 SD
- 2007 Ford F-350 SD
- 2008 Ford F-350 SD
- 2009 Ford F-350 SD
- 2010 Ford F-350 SD
- 2011 Ford F-350 SD
- 2012 Ford F-350 SD
- 2013 Ford F-350 SD
- 2014 Ford F-350 SD
- 2015 Ford F-350 SD
- 2016 Ford F-350 SD
- 2017 Ford F-350 SD
- 2009 Ford F-450 SD
- 2010 Ford F-450 SD
- 2011 Ford F-450 SD
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.