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Ford Expedition 2021–2024technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 53236 · NHTSA communication 11012136 · issued Dec 17, 2024

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
2021–2024
model years
13
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2021-2023 F-150 non-Lightning, 2022-2024 F-150 Lightning/Expedition/Navigator, and 2024 Ranger vehicles may exhibit a "trailer brake module fault" message in the instrument panel cluster (IPC) with diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) U0137 and/or U0252 stored in the body control module (BCM),

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.