Ford F-150 2021–2022 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 21M08 · NHTSA communication 10211997 · issued May 20, 2022
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Latches/locks/linkages
component
2021–2022
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Certain 2021-2022 Model Year F-150 Vehicles Equipped with a Power Release Tailgate - Unintended Tailgate Opening - In the affected vehicles, some customers report experiencing an unintended tailgate opening and may have previously serviced their vehicle for this concern. Ford has developed an enhanced remedy for customers who may want this enhanced repair performed on their vehicle.
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.