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Ford F-250 SD 2017–2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 51104 · NHTSA communication 10222258 · issued Sep 27, 2022

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
2017–2019
model years
12
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2017-2019 F-Super Duty vehicles equipped with adaptive steering may require steering wheel replacement for various reasons. The steering wheel assembly contains the steering effort control module (SECM) and steering angle sensor module (SASM). Previous software versions of the Integrated Diagnostic Software (IDS) scan tool may not have programed the SECM properly after replacement. Engineering has corrected the concern and SECM programming can now be successfully performed on these vehicles using the latest software level of IDS.

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.