Ford F-150 2015–2020 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SSM 51947 · NHTSA communication 10243652 · issued Sep 27, 2023
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2015–2020
model years
32
vehicle entries
Official summary
Some 2015-2019 F-Super Duty and 2015-2020 F-150/Mustang vehicles may require replacement of the powertrain control module (PCM) for various reasons. While performing a programmable module installation (PMI) using the Integrated Diagnostic Service (IDS) scan tool, an error message may state: Configuration Failed, Would You Like To Retry? This may be due to improper module replacement steps. Make sure that the original module is installed in the vehicle, delete the vehicle session, then start a new vehicle session. Once the session starts, run the PCM PMI and install the new PCM only when the sc
Vehicles covered
- 2015 Ford F-150
- 2016 Ford F-150
- 2017 Ford F-150
- 2018 Ford F-150
- 2019 Ford F-150
- 2020 Ford F-150
- 2015 Ford F-250 SD
- 2016 Ford F-250 SD
- 2017 Ford F-250 SD
- 2018 Ford F-250 SD
- 2019 Ford F-250 SD
- 2015 Ford F-350 SD
- 2016 Ford F-350 SD
- 2017 Ford F-350 SD
- 2018 Ford F-350 SD
- 2019 Ford F-350 SD
- 2015 Ford F-450 SD
- 2016 Ford F-450 SD
- 2017 Ford F-450 SD
- 2018 Ford F-450 SD
- 2019 Ford F-450 SD
- 2015 Ford F-550 SD
- 2016 Ford F-550 SD
- 2017 Ford F-550 SD
- 2018 Ford F-550 SD
- 2019 Ford F-550 SD
- 2015 Ford Mustang
- 2016 Ford Mustang
- 2017 Ford Mustang
- 2018 Ford Mustang
- 2019 Ford Mustang
- 2020 Ford Mustang
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.