# Service bulletin 18N03\-S2

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10153954
- Published by NHTSA: 2019\-03\-04
- Manufacturer's number: 18N03\-S2
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-12\-19
- NHTSA component: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

## NHTSA's summary

Certain 2015\-2018 Model Year F\-150 and 2017\-2018 Model Year F\-250\-F\-550 Vehicles \- Door Latch Freezing Concerns

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10153954-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10153954-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Latches and locks, Door latch

## Vehicles listed

- 2015 to 2018 FORD F\-150
- 2015 to 2018 FORD F\-250 SD
- 2015 to 2018 FORD F\-350 SD
- 2015 to 2018 FORD F\-450 SD
- 2015 to 2018 FORD F\-550 SD

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [17V652000](/recalls/nhtsa/17V652000.md), 2017-10-16: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
- [17V331000](/recalls/nhtsa/17V331000.md), 2017-05-22: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [18N03\-S7](/bulletins/10168821.md), 2019-12-05, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. Customer Satisfaction Program 18N03 \- Supplement \#7 Certain 2015\-2018 Model Year F\-150 and 2017\-2018 Model Year F\-250\-F\-550 Vehicles \- Door Latch Freezing Concerns
- [18N03\-S6](/bulletins/10159511.md), 2019-05-07, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. Certain 2015\-2018 Model Year F\-150 and 2017\-2018 Model Year F\-250\-F\-550 Vehicles \- Door Latch Freezing Concerns
- [18N03\-S4](/bulletins/10156893.md), 2019-04-08, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. Certain 2015\-2018 Model Year F\-150 and 2017\-2018 Model Year F\-250\-F\-550 Vehicles \- Door Latch Freezing Concerns
- [18N03\-S4](/bulletins/10155581.md), 2019-04-01, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. Certain 2015\-2018 Model Year F\-150 and 2017\-2018 Model Year F\-250\-F\-550 Vehicles \- Door Latch Freezing Concerns
- [18N03\-S3](/bulletins/10153986.md), 2019-03-04, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. Certain 2015\-2018 Model Year F\-150 and 2017\-2018 Model Year F\-250\-F\-550 Vehicles \- Door Latch Freezing Concerns
- [TSB 19\-2007](/bulletins/10153920.md), 2019-03-04, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH; EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. Some 2018\-2019 F\-150 vehicles built at Kansas City Assembly Plant on or after 4\-Apr\-2018 and Dearborn Truck Plant on or after 13\-Apr\-2018 and some F\-Super Duty vehicles built at Kentucky Truck Plant on or after 22\-Apr\-2018 and Ohio Assembly Plant on or after 18\-Apr\-2018 may exhibit doors that are difficult to unlatch or latch in temperatures at or below freezing. Follow the Service Procedure steps to correct the condition.
- [18N03\-S1](/bulletins/10148744.md), 2018-11-19, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. Certain 2018 Model Year Expedition and Navigator Vehicles Equipped With R\-1234yf Refrigerant \- Special R\-1234yf Refrigerant Service Information. Certain 2015\-2018 Model Year F\-150 and 2017\-2018 Model Year F\-250\-F\-550 \- Vehicles \- Door Latch Freezing Concerns
- [AEVSB2017\-4.6](/bulletins/10110906.md), 2017-08-10, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. OEM Security system interface with aftermarket lock systems.
- [SSM 46409](/bulletins/10095854.md), 2017-03-20, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. SOME 2015\-2017 F\-150 SUPERCAB VEHICLES BUILT ON OR BEFORE 01\-JAN\-2017 MAY EXHIBIT INOPERATIVE REAR DOOR LOWER LATCHES DURING FREEZING TEMPERATURES. THE REAR DOOR LOWER LATCHES HAVE BEEN REVISED TO INCLUDE A WATER SHIELD AND THE PARTS CATALOG HAS BEEN UPDATED TO SHOW THE NEW NUMBERS. REPLACE THE REAR DOOR LOWER LATCHES, REFER TO WORKSHOP MANUAL \(WSM\), SECTION 501\-14. FOR CLAIMING, USE CAUSAL PART 18264A00 AND APPLICABLE LABOR OPERATIONS IN SECTION 12 OF THE SERVICE LABOR TIME STANDARDS \(SLTS\) MANUAL.
- [SSM 46260](/bulletins/10094620.md), 2017-03-10, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. SOME 2015\-2017 F\-150 SUPERCAB VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT INOPERATIVE REAR DOOR LOWER LATCHES DURING FREEZING TEMPERATURES. THE REAR DOOR LOWER LATCHES HAVE BEEN REVISED TO INCLUDE A WATER SHIELD AND THE PARTS CATALOG HAS BEEN UPDATED TO SHOW THE NEW NUMBERS. REPLACE THE REAR DOOR LOWER LATCHES, REFER TO WORKSHOP MANUAL \(WSM\), SECTION 501\-14. FOR CLAIMING, USE CAUSAL PART 18264A00 AND APPLICABLE LABOR OPERATIONS IN SECTION 12 OF THE SERVICE LABOR TIME STANDARDS \(SLTS\) MANUAL.

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