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Ford F-150 2017–2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 52787 · NHTSA communication 11006476 · issued Aug 7, 2024

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
2017–2020
model years
16
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2017-2020 F-150 and 2017-2019 F-Super Duty vehicles may not successfully complete the Transmission Characterization/Solenoid IDN procedure using the Integrated Diagnostic System (IDS) scan tool. This may be due to the IDS not being at the latest software level

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.