Ford Bronco 2022–2023 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 51538 · NHTSA communication 10234134 · issued Apr 4, 2023
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2022–2023
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2022-2023 Bronco vehicles built on or after 01-Sep-2022 may exhibit an intermittent illuminated hood ajar indicator on the instrument panel cluster and/or a false alarm activation caused by a hood ajar event. This may be due to an internal failure of the hood latch. For vehicles that meet this criteria, replace the hood latch (service base part number 16700) to repair the vehicle. For claiming use the causal part number 16700 and applicable labor operations in Section 12 of the Service Labor Time Standards (SLTS).
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.