Ford F-250 SD 2023 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 51492 · NHTSA communication 10233842 · issued Mar 24, 2023
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2023
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2023 F-Super Duty vehicles may exhibit an increase in audio volume and/or distortion from the speakers when accessing languages through the accessory protocol interface module (APIM). These issues will recover after a key cycle. This may be due to the APIM software. Replacement or reprogramming of the APIM may not resolve this condition. Inform customers that engineering is currently working on a solution for this condition and will be released via an over the air (OTA) software update expected in Q2 2023. Customers that have experienced this concern should verify automatic updates are en
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.