# Service bulletin SSM 50218

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: 10202647
- Published by NHTSA: 2021\-10\-29
- Manufacturer's number: SSM 50218
- Manufacturer's date: 2021\-10\-21
- NHTSA component: SERVICE BRAKES; PARKING BRAKE:DRIVELINE:HYDRAULIC:ACTUATOR

## NHTSA's summary

Some 2021\-2022 F\-650/750, 2020\-2022 Motorhome/Commercial Stripped Chassis vehicles built on or before 20\-Sep\-2021 with very low miles may experience parking brake drag. This condition typically occurs in less than 3000 miles \(4800 kilometers\). This condition may be identified even with the hand or pedal actuator mechanism disengaged. Inspect the park brake system for damage and replace parts as required per Workshop Manual \(WSM\) Section 206\-05. If no damage if found, adjust the park brake cables and the park brake shoe adjuster per WSM, Section 206\-05. For claiming, use the applicable labor operations of the Service Labor Time Standards \(SLTS\) Manual.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10202647-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10202647-9999.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Brakes, Parking brake

## Vehicles listed

- 2020 to 2021 FORD F\-53
- 2021 to 2022 FORD F\-650 SD
- 2021 to 2022 FORD F\-750 SD

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SSM 51050](/bulletins/10218904.md), 2022-08-30, Service bulletin: PARKING BRAKE. Some 2021\-2022 F\-650/750, 2020\-2022 Motorhome/Commercial Stripped Chassis vehicles built on or before 10\-Jun\-2022 with very low miles may experience parking brake drag. This condition typically occurs in less than 3000 miles \(4800 kilometers\). This condition may be identified even with the hand or pedal actuator mechanism disengaged. Inspect the park brake system for damage and replace parts as required per Workshop Manual \(WSM\) Section 206\-05. If no damage if found, adjust the park brake cables and the park brake shoe adjuster per WSM, Section 206\-05. For claiming, use the applicable labor operations of the Service Labor Time Standards \(SLTS\) Manual.

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