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Ford F-250 SD 2023–2026technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSM 54420 · NHTSA communication 11026508 · issued Dec 3, 2025

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Service Brakes
component
2023–2026
model years
16
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some 2023-2026 F-Super Duty vehicles built on or before 01-Oct-2025 may exhibit a "Hill Start Assist Unavailable" and/or "Parking Brake Limited Function" message at vehicle start-up with diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) U0151, U023A, U0159 and/or U0146 stored in the anti-lock brake system (ABS) module. These DTCs and/or U0415 may also be present in various other modules related to "invalid data received from the ABS control module". This may be due to the software in the ABS module. To correct the condition, reprogram the ABS module using the latest software level of the Ford Diagnosis and Repa

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.