Service bulletin SB-21483

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10037088
Published by NHTSA	2011-05-05
Manufacturer's number	SB-21483
Manufacturer's date	2010-09-01
NHTSA component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

FORD: SOME VEHICLES MAY HAVE UNITIATED MYKEY ACTIVATION OR THE CAR ALARM/SOS WILL ACTIVATE. *RM

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Engine

Vehicles listed
FORD F-250 SD	2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-350 SD	2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-450 SD	2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-550 SD	2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F53
FORD F59	1994
FORD MUSTANG	2011

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
2015125	2015-03-24. Engine
15V052000	2015-01-30. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
14V411000	2014-07-08. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
14V382000	2014-06-10. EQUIPMENT; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
14V379000	2014-06-10. EQUIPMENT; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
2013372	2013-10-30. Engine
13V535000	2013-10-30. ENGINE

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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