Service bulletin SSM 46387

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10095805
Published by NHTSA	2017-03-20
Manufacturer's number	SSM 46387
Manufacturer's date	2017-02-15
NHTSA component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

NHTSA's summary

SOME 2017 F-SUPER DUTY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH BLIS THAT HAVE HAD THE PICKUP BOX REMOVED FOR UPFITTER MODIFICATION MAY EXHIBIT A BLIS WARNING MESSAGE IN THE MESSAGE CENTER. TO CORRECT THIS CONCERN, USE INTEGRATED DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM (IDS) SERVICE TOOL VERSION 104.01 OR LATER TO CONFIGURE THE BLIS SYSTEM. THESE SETTINGS CAN BE FOUND UNDER TOOLBOX > MODULE PROGRAMMING > PROGRAMMABLE PARAMETERS > WARNING LAMPS AND CHIMES AND MUST BE ADJUSTED IN MULTIPLE MODULES. DETAILS CAN BE FOUND ON THE TRUCK BODY BUILDER ADVISORY SERVICE (BBAS) WEBSITE, FOUND BY CLICKING THE LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WEBPAGE AT HTTPS://WWW.FLEET.FORD.COM. ONCE AT BBAS WEBSITE, CLICK ON BULLETINS, AND REFER TO PUBLISHED QUALIFIED VEHICLE MODIFIER (QVM) BULLETIN FOR BLIS WARNING PROGRAMMING. CHANGES TO BLIS SETUP AS A RESULT OF UPFITTER MODIFICATIONS ARE NON-WARRANTABLE.

The document

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Components

Electrical system, Software

Vehicles listed
FORD F-250 SD	2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-350 SD	2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-450 SD	2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-550 SD	2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-650 SD	2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
FORD F-750 SD	2017 (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.

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SSM 46258	2017-03-10. Service bulletin. 2017 F-SUPER DUTY TRUCKS HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADJUST THE TIRE SIZE AND AXLE RATIO USING INTEGRATED DIAGNOSTIC SOFTWARE (IDS) VERSION 103.03 OR LATER. ONLY TIRE SIZE AND AXLE RATIO OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE FACTORY CAN BE SELECTED AND MUST BE ADJUSTED TO MATCH IN MULTIPLE MODULES. FOR THE PROPER PROCEDURE, REFER TO THE FORD FLEET WEBSITE AT HTTPS://WWW.FLEET.FORD.COM/ AND CLICK THE LINK TO THE TRUCK BODY BUILDER ADVISORY SERVICE (BBAS) AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WEBPAGE. ONCE AT BBAS WEBSITE, CLICK ON BULLETINS, AND REFER TO PUBLISHED QUALIFIED VEHICLE MODIFIER (QVM) BULLETIN Q-262. CHANGES TO TIRE SIZE OR AXLE RATIO AS A RESULT OF CUSTOMER OR UPFITTER MODIFICATIONS ARE NON-WARRANTABLE.