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Ford F-150 2023–2025technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB 25-2144 · NHTSA communication 11017055 · issued Apr 11, 2025

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
2023–2025
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some of the vehicles listed in the Model statement above may exhibit one or more of the following conditions that lead to needing to perform the calibration (alignment) procedure on exhaust tailpipe actuators: * An illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) and an Exhaust mode not available message in the instrument panel cluster (IPC) with diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) P26FE, P2BFB, P26C5:78, and/or P2BF8:78 stored in the powertrain control module (PCM) * A condition/symptom that requires the installation of an exhaust tailpipe actuator when undergoing normal diagnosis and repair * Exhaus

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.