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Service bulletin TSB-10-16-5

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)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10039153
Published by NHTSA2011-07-13
Manufacturer's numberTSB-10-16-5
Manufacturer's date2010-08-13
NHTSA componentTRAILER HITCHES:FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

FORD: TRAILER HITCH VEHICLES DURING INSTALLATION OF GOOSENECK BALLS MAY NOT LOCK IN PLACE. 2011 F250/350/450/550. *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

Trailer hitch

Vehicles listed
FORD F-250 SD2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-350 SD2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-450 SD2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-550 SD2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
TSB-16-00872016-08-29. Service bulletin. SOME 2011-2016 F-SUPER DUTY CREW CAB PICKUP VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN 8 FOOT BOX AND A FACTORY TRAILER HITCH MAY EXHIBIT A VERTICAL VIBRATION, OFTEN DESCRIBED AS HOPPING, FROM 68-112 KM/H (42-70 MPH).