Ford Mustang 2020 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 49044 · NHTSA communication 10179310 · issued Aug 4, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2020
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2020 Mustang vehicles may exhibit a concern of being unable to crank the engine. This will be accompanied by a B1026 DTC and a message in the instrument cluster indicating a steering lock module fault. This may be due to a fault with the body control module (BCM) software. Reprogram the BCM to correct this condition. Refer to Workshop Manual (WSM), Section 419-10. For claiming, use causal part 15604 and any applicable labor operations in Section 10 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.